Latina/os and World War II : mobility, agency, and ideology /

Latina/os and World War II : mobility, agency, and ideology / Latinas and World War II Latinos and World War II edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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



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


Electronic Books.

D769 / .L385 2014