The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance During World War II Volume 24

by Luis Alvarez and Luis Alvarez

Book Overview

Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique patterns of speech, and even risqu experimentation with gender and sexuality, captivated the country's youth in the 1940s. The Power of the Zoot is the first book to give national consideration to this famous phenomenon. Providing a new history of youth culture based on rare, in-depth interviews with former zoot-suiters, Luis Alvarez...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520261542
• ISBN13: 9780520261549
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"