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Latina/os and World War II

Latina/os and World War II mobility, agency, and ideology / [electronic resource] : edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : navigating bureaucratic imprecision in the search for an accurate count of Latino/a military service in World War II / Karl Eschbach and Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez -- Introduction : mapping Latina/o mobility, agency, and ideology in the World War II era / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín -- Ybor city goes to war : the evolution and transformation of a "Latin" community in Florida, 1886-1950 / Gary R. Mormino -- Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González : Afro-Latino experiences of war and segregation / Frank Andre Guridy -- Higher education, the GI Bill, and the postwar lives of Latino veterans and their families / Angelica Aguilar Rodríguez, Julian Vasquez Heilig, and Allison Prochnow -- Transnational Latino soldiering : military service and ethnic politics during World War II / Luís Alvarez -- "Intellectually he was courageous; in public action he was cautious and prudent" : a reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda's wartime service / Marianne M. Bueno -- The Mexican voice goes to war : identities, issues, and ideas in World War II-era Mexican American journalism and youth activism / Felix F. Gutierrez -- "Capitán, a que huele la sangre?" : Mexicana/o Vaudeville and militarized citizenship during World War II / Peter C. Haney -- "Con dolor de corazón" : militarization and transracial recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March / Jordan Beltrán Gonzales -- Tejanas on the home front : women, bombs, and the (re)gendering of war in Mexican American World War II literature / Patricia Portales -- Interrogating the soldado razo : masculinity, soldiering, and ideology in Mexican American World War II memoir and theater / B.V. Olguín -- Seeking "America" : a Cuban journey through the United States and beyond during the World War II era / Gerald E. Poyo.

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Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Hispanic American soldiers--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Hispanic American.


United States--Armed Forces--Hispanic Americans--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

D769.8.H58 / U7 2014

940.54/0468