CHAPTER 9 Tejanas on the Home Front: Women, Bombs, and the (Re)Gendering of War in Mexican American World War II Literature

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. PREFACE: Navigating Bureaucratic Imprecision in the Search for an Accurate Count of Latino/a Military Service in World War II ix
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. INTRODUCTION Mapping Latina/o Mobility, Agency, and Ideology in the World War II Era 1
6. I IDEOLOGICAL MOBILITY
7. CHAPTER 1 Ybor City Goes to War: The Evolution and Transformation of a “Latin” Community in Florida, 1886– 1950 13
8. CHAPTER 2 Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González: Afro-Latino Experiences of War and Segregation 43
9. CHAPTER 3 Higher Education, the GI Bill, and the Postwar Lives of Latino Veterans and Their Families 59
10. CHAPTER 4 Transnational Latino Soldiering: Military Service and Ethnic Politics during World War II 75
11. CHAPTER 5 “Intellectually He Was Courageous; in Public Action He Was Cautious and Prudent”: A Reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda’s Wartime Service 95
12. II CULTURAL AGENCY
13. CHAPTER 6 The Mexican Voice Goes to War: Identities, Issues, and Ideas in World War II– Era Mexican American Journalism and Youth Activism 115
14. CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II CHAPTER 7 “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and Militarized Citizenship during World War II 137
15. CHAPTER 8 “Con dolor de corazón”: Militarization and Transracial Recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March 157
16. CHAPTER 9 Tejanas on the Home Front: Women, Bombs, and the (Re)Gendering of War in Mexican American World War II Literature 175
17. CHAPTER 10 Interrogating the Soldado Razo: Masculinity, Soldiering, and Ideology in Mexican American World War II Memoir and Theater 197
18. CHAPTER 11 Seeking “America”: A Cuban Journey through the United States and Beyond during the World War II Era 217
19. Notes 237
20. Selected Bibliography 273
21. Author Biographies 289
22. Index 293