Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. The Sleepy Lagoon Case 15
6. 3. The "Zoot-Suit Yokum" Conspiracy 31
7. 4. Servicemen and Zoot-Suiters 54
8. 5. The Zoot-Suit Riots 67
9. 6. The Symbols, Imagery, and Rhetoric of the Riots 78
10. 7. "The Hard to Get At" 95
11. 8. Between Annihilation and Redemption 109
12. Appendices 123
13. Notes 135
14. Bibliography 151
15. Index 157