Beyond the Latino World War II hero
Subtitle: the social and political legacy of a generation
By: edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Emilio Zamora ; with a foreword by José Limón.
Contributors: Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie.; Zamora, Emilio.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780292721159
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Hispanic American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Hispanic American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Armed Forces -- Hispanic Americans
Genres: Personal narratives, American
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: The paradox of war: Mexican American patriotism, racism, and memory  -- Richard Griswold del Castillo; title: Embracing the ether: the use of radio by the Latino World War II generation  -- Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez; title: "Now get back to work": Mexican Americans and the agricultural "migrant stream"  -- Dionicio Valdés; title: The Latinas of World War II: from familial shelter to expanding horizons  -- Joanne Rao Sánchez; title: Mexican nationals in the U.S. military: diplomacy and battlefield sacrifice  -- Emilio Zamora; title: The color of war: Puerto Rican soldiers and discrimination during World War II  -- Silvia Álvarez Curbelo; title: God and war: the impact of combat upon Latino soldiers' religious beliefs  -- Rea Ann Trotter; title: Silent wounds: posttraumatic stress disorder and Latino World War II veterans  -- Ricardo Ainslie and Daphny Domínguez; title: Mother's legacy: cultivating Chicana consciousness during the war years -- Brenda Sendejo.