Clothed in Controversy: The Zoot Suit (PART 1)

EPISODE NOTES:The first of two episodes dedicated to a controversial and incredibly consequential piece of twentieth century menswear. This episode will delve into the history of the zoot suit and the different groups and individuals who helped bring it about and how it became an icon of social and political resistance.  Support us at :https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://anchor.fm/historyunhemmed/support Follow us on: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: History Unhemmed Thank you! <3 Resources:Benda, Camille. Dressing the Resistance. New York: Princeton University Press, 2022.Bogate, Joshua. “Movie stars and anti-Filipino race riots: The secret history of San Francisco’s Macintosh Studios.” SF Gate, April 28, 2021. <https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/A-luxury-San-Francisco-suitmaker-that-inspired-a-16133069.php> Burns, Lucy Mae San Pablo. Puro Arte: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire. New York: New York University Press, 2013. Howard, Sarah Elizabeth. ‘‘Zoot to Boot: The Zoot Suit as Both Costume and Symbol.’’ Studies in Latin American Popular Culture,(2010), 28. Holly Alfrod, ‘‘The Zoot Suit: Its History and Influence.’’ Fashion Theory 8, No. 2 (2004): 225–36. Peiss, Kathy. Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Ramirez, Catherine S. The Woman in the Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009. Roces, Mina. ““‘These Guys Came Out Looking Like Movie Actors’’: Filipino Dress and Consumer Practices in the United States, 1920s–1930s.” Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, (2016), 532–576. Shane White. Stylin’: African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998.