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. Olguin. - First edition. - 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations

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. Olguin -- 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 Gonzalez : 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 Rodriguez, Julian Vasquez Heilig, and Allison Prochnow -- Transnational Latino soldiering : military service and ethnic politics during World War II / Luis Alvarez -- "Intellectually he was courageous; in public action he was cautious and prudent" : a reassessment of Carlos E. Castaneda'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 -- "Capitan, a que huele la sangre?" : Mexicana/o Vaudeville and militarized citizenship during World War II / Peter C. Haney -- "Con dolor de corazon" : militarization and transracial recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March / Jordan Beltran 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. Olguin -- Seeking "America" : a Cuban journey through the United States and beyond during the World War II era / 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.


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


Electronic books.

D769.8.H58 / U7 2014

940.54/0468