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Latina/os and World War II : Mobility, Agency, and Ideology / ed. by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, B. V. Olguín.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292758629
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  • 940.54 0468 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE: Navigating Bureaucratic Imprecision in the Search for an Accurate Count of Latino/a Military Service in World War II -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION Mapping Latina/o Mobility, Agency, and Ideology in the World War II Era -- I IDEOLOGICAL MOBILITY -- CHAPTER 1 Ybor City Goes to War: The Evolution and Transformation of a “Latin” Community in Florida, 1886– 1950 -- CHAPTER 2 Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González: Afro-Latino Experiences of War and Segregation -- CHAPTER 3 Higher Education, the GI Bill, and the Postwar Lives of Latino Veterans and Their Families -- CHAPTER 4 Transnational Latino Soldiering: Military Service and Ethnic Politics during World War II -- CHAPTER 5 “Intellectually He Was Courageous; in Public Action He Was Cautious and Prudent”: A Reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda’s Wartime Service -- II CULTURAL AGENCY -- CHAPTER 6 The Mexican Voice Goes to War: Identities, Issues, and Ideas in World War II– Era Mexican American Journalism and Youth Activism -- CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II -- CHAPTER 8 “Con dolor de corazón”: Militarization and Transracial Recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March -- CHAPTER 9 Tejanas on the Home Front: Women, Bombs, and the (Re)Gendering of War in Mexican American World War II Literature -- CHAPTER 10 Interrogating the Soldado Razo: Masculinity, Soldiering, and Ideology in Mexican American World War II Memoir and Theater -- CHAPTER 11 Seeking “America”: A Cuban Journey through the United States and Beyond during the World War II Era -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Author Biographies -- Index
Summary: The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and ancestries—from Cuban American, Spanish American, and Mexican American segments to the under-studied Afro-Latino experience—Latina/os and World War II probes the controversial aspects of Latina/o soldiering and citizenship in the war, the repercussions of which defined the West during the twentieth century. The editors also offer a revised, more accurate tabulation of the number of Latina/os who served in the war. Spanning imaginative productions, such as vaudeville and the masculinity of the soldado razo theatrical performances; military segregation and the postwar lives of veterans; Tejanas on the homefront; journalism and youth activism; and other underreported aspects of the wartime experience, the essays collected in this volume showcase rarely seen recollections. Whether living in Florida in a transformed community or deployed far from home (including Mexican Americans who were forced to endure the Bataan Death March), the men and women depicted in this collection yield a multidisciplinary, metacritical inquiry. The result is a study that challenges celebratory accounts and deepens the level of scholarly inquiry into the realm of ideological mobility for a unique cultural crossroads. Taking this complex history beyond the realm of war narratives, Latina/os and World War II situates these chapters within the broader themes of identity and social change that continue to reverberate in postcolonial lives.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE: Navigating Bureaucratic Imprecision in the Search for an Accurate Count of Latino/a Military Service in World War II -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION Mapping Latina/o Mobility, Agency, and Ideology in the World War II Era -- I IDEOLOGICAL MOBILITY -- CHAPTER 1 Ybor City Goes to War: The Evolution and Transformation of a “Latin” Community in Florida, 1886– 1950 -- CHAPTER 2 Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González: Afro-Latino Experiences of War and Segregation -- CHAPTER 3 Higher Education, the GI Bill, and the Postwar Lives of Latino Veterans and Their Families -- CHAPTER 4 Transnational Latino Soldiering: Military Service and Ethnic Politics during World War II -- CHAPTER 5 “Intellectually He Was Courageous; in Public Action He Was Cautious and Prudent”: A Reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda’s Wartime Service -- II CULTURAL AGENCY -- CHAPTER 6 The Mexican Voice Goes to War: Identities, Issues, and Ideas in World War II– Era Mexican American Journalism and Youth Activism -- CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II -- CHAPTER 8 “Con dolor de corazón”: Militarization and Transracial Recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March -- CHAPTER 9 Tejanas on the Home Front: Women, Bombs, and the (Re)Gendering of War in Mexican American World War II Literature -- CHAPTER 10 Interrogating the Soldado Razo: Masculinity, Soldiering, and Ideology in Mexican American World War II Memoir and Theater -- CHAPTER 11 Seeking “America”: A Cuban Journey through the United States and Beyond during the World War II Era -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Author Biographies -- Index

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The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and ancestries—from Cuban American, Spanish American, and Mexican American segments to the under-studied Afro-Latino experience—Latina/os and World War II probes the controversial aspects of Latina/o soldiering and citizenship in the war, the repercussions of which defined the West during the twentieth century. The editors also offer a revised, more accurate tabulation of the number of Latina/os who served in the war. Spanning imaginative productions, such as vaudeville and the masculinity of the soldado razo theatrical performances; military segregation and the postwar lives of veterans; Tejanas on the homefront; journalism and youth activism; and other underreported aspects of the wartime experience, the essays collected in this volume showcase rarely seen recollections. Whether living in Florida in a transformed community or deployed far from home (including Mexican Americans who were forced to endure the Bataan Death March), the men and women depicted in this collection yield a multidisciplinary, metacritical inquiry. The result is a study that challenges celebratory accounts and deepens the level of scholarly inquiry into the realm of ideological mobility for a unique cultural crossroads. Taking this complex history beyond the realm of war narratives, Latina/os and World War II situates these chapters within the broader themes of identity and social change that continue to reverberate in postcolonial lives.

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