Pachucas and pachucos (that is, Mexican-American zooters) spoke pachuco Like their African-American counterparts who spoke jive, many Unspectacular-stylistic element of wartime pachuquismo: language and (4) This essay seeks to add to thisĮxciting body of work by focusing on another important-albeit literally Subculture-have stressed the symbolic economy of style: clothes, hair,Īnd, to a lesser extent, makeup. Many studies of pachuquismo-the Mexican-American pachuca/o Her emphasized that her transgression was two-fold: she was not only In Venegas'sĬase, the incorrect grammar and caricature Mexican accent attributed to Un-American and were even directly linked to the Axis. Often than not, its Mexican-American wearer were deemed unpatriotic and States during World War II, a moment of heightened jingoism, xenophobia,Īnd concern over shifting gender roles. Zoot suit, which generally consisted of a long coat and skirt or pair ofīillowing trousers, signified difference and defiance in the United The zoot suit fraternity." (2) As various scholars have shown, the Of the pachuca look in wartime Los Angeles-Venegas was nonethelessĭescribed as a "lady zoot suiter, or at least a sympathizer with
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"finger-tip" coat or short, full skirt-identifying features (1)Īlthough newspaper photographs do not show her wearing a Venegas was arrested and jailed for disturbing the peace. Hoodlums" to assist them in their street brawls with sailors. Additionally, newspapers reported that sheĪttempted to smuggle a pair of brass knuckles to "zoot suit Pachucos to attack sheriff's deputies in her East Los Angeles Toddler and wife of a sailor, had incited violence by urging a gang of On June 9 and 10, 1943, in the midst of the Zoot Suit Riots, LosĪngeles newspapers announced the arrest of a "pachuco woman."Īccording to the press, twenty-two-year-old Amelia Venegas, mother of a
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MLA style: "Saying 'nothin'': pachucas and the languages of resistance." The Free Library.
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