Latina/os and World War II
Subtitle: mobility, agency, and ideology
By: edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín
Edition: 1st paperback edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781477307625; 9780292756250
Subjects: Hispanic American soldiers; Hiistory; Hispanic Americans; World War, 1939-1945; Social conditions; Hispanic American Participation; History; Armed Forces
Other titles: Latinas and World War II; Latinos and World War II
Description: xxiv, 304 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Originally published: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 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 :; title: Mapping Latina/o mobility, agency, and ideology in the World War II era  -- Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín -- pt. I. Ideological mobility; title: Ybor city goes to war : the evolution and transformation of a "Latin" community in Florida, 1886-1950  -- Gary R. Mormino; title: Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González : Afro-Latino experiences of war and segregation  -- Frank André Guridy; title: Higher education, the GI Bill, and the postwar lives of Latino veterans and their families  -- Angelica Aguilar Rodríguez, Julian Vasquez Heilig, and Allison Prochnow; title: Transnational Latino soldiering : military service and ethnic politics during World War II  -- Luís Alvarez; title: "Intellectually he was courageous; in public action he was cautious and prudent" : a reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda's wartime service  -- Marianne M. Bueno -- pt. II. Cultural agency; title: The Mexican voice goes to war : identities, issues, and ideas in World War II-era Mexican American journalism and youth activism  -- Félix F. Gutiérrez; title: "Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?" : Mexicana/o Vaudeville and militarized citizenship during World War II  -- Peter C. Haney; title: "Con dolor de corazón" : militarization and transracial recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March  -- Jordan Beltrán Gonzales; title: Tejanas on the home front : women, bombs, and the (re)gendering of war in Mexican American World War II literature  -- Patricia Portales; title: Interrogating the soldado razo : masculinity, soldiering, and ideology in Mexican American World War II memoir and theater  -- B.V. Olguín; title: Seeking "America" : a Cuban journey through the United States and beyond during the World War II era -- Gerald E. Poyo.