Table of Contents Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Dress, Clothing, Fashion and Style 1.1. The Function of Dress 1.2. Clothing, Fashion and Style Chapter 2. The 20th Century and Fashion Chapter 3. Style, Subcultures and Mexican American Women Chapter 4.

Pachucas: Breaking the Norms in the Forties 4.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Forties 4.1.1. World War II and Mexican American Women 4.2. Women's Fashion in the Forties 4.

3. The Pachuca: A Rebel Withouth a Cause 4.3.1. Pachucas, Pachucos and the Zoot Suit Riots 4.3.2. The Pachuca Style Politics Chapter 5.

Chicanas: Fighting the Norm in the Seventies 5.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Seventies 5.2. Women's Fashion in the Seventies 5.3. El Movimiento Chicano and La Chicana 5.4.

The Chicana Style Politics 5.4.1. The Brown Berets 5.4.2. The Chicana Feminist Activists Chapter 6. Cholas: Adapting to Other Norms in the Nineties 6.

1. Life and Expectations for US Young Women in the Nineties 6.2. Women's Fashion in the Nineties 6.3. Gangs and Cholo/a Style in 20thcentury Barrios 6.3.1.

The Girls in/around the Gang 6.4. The Chola Style Politics Concluding Remarks Works Cited mp;lt;I>PachucaStyle Politics Chapter 5. Chicanas: Fighting the Norm in the Seventies 5.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Seventies 5.2. Women's Fashion in the Seventies 5.

3. El Movimiento Chicano and La Chicana 5.4. The Chicana Style Politics 5.4.1. The Brown Berets 5.4.

2. The Chicana Feminist Activists Chapter 6. Cholas: Adapting to Other Norms in the Nineties 6.1. Life and Expectations for US Young Women in the Nineties 6.2. Women's Fashion in the Nineties 6.3.

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