Ashford University Zoot Suit Movement Discussion & Responses
Question Description
Then watch this video to learn about the zoot suit movement.
- Mexican-Americans Risked Their Lives Wearing Zoot Suits | History Of | Racked (Links to an external site.)
- And read this brief history: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-zoot-suit-180958507
- To help you with the last question, look over the article: Done S. Goldman, Done S., “Encounters with Folklore”, Journal of Folklore Research. May-Aug1997, Vol. 34 Issue 2, 123-138. (Ebsco)
- Discussion questions:
- Why do you think the young men of the time refused to change their fashion in light of the demands of world War II?
- It was more than a suit, fashion can play a role in social unrest, what would be todays equivalent to the zoot suit and why.
- Remember to respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
- First posting by Thursday. And as this is a discussion the expectation is that you join the group more than once
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