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Title Beyond the Latino World War II hero : the social and political legacy of a generation / edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Emilio Zamora ; with a foreword by José Limón
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations
Contents The paradox of war: Mexican American patriotism, racism, and memory / Richard Griswold del Castillo -- Embracing the ether: the use of radio by the Latino World War II generation / Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez -- "Now get back to work": Mexican Americans and the agricultural "migrant stream" / Dionicio Valdés -- The Latinas of World War II: from familial shelter to expanding horizons / Joanne Rao Sánchez -- Mexican nationals in the U.S. military: diplomacy and battlefield sacrifice / Emilio Zamora -- The color of war: Puerto Rican soldiers and discrimination during World War II / Silvia Álvarez Curbelo -- God and war: the impact of combat upon Latino soldiers' religious beliefs / Rea Ann Trotter -- Silent wounds: posttraumatic stress disorder and Latino World War II veterans / Ricardo Ainslie and Daphny Domínguez -- Mother's legacy: cultivating Chicana consciousness during the war years / Brenda Sendejo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-239) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
Hispanic American soldiers
Armed Forces
Hispanic American women -- Social conditions
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Hispanic Americans. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139839
Subject United States
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Form Electronic book
Author Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie, editor.
Zamora, Emilio, editor.
ISBN 9780292793415
0292793413