Latina/os and World War II [electronic resource] : mobility, agency, and ideology / edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014. 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780292758629
- 0292758626
- 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
- 940.54/0468 23
- D769.8.H58 U7 2014
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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