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Luis Valdez and Zoot Suit- Bibliography

       

Luis Valdez and Zoot Suit: A Selected Bibliography
compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

La Bamba. Columbia Pictures, 1987. Directed and written by Luis Valdez. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as 1950's singing sensation Richie Valens. Athens-Clarke County Library: VC BAMBA.

The Creative Mind. Bettina Gray Speaks With Luis Valdez.
San Francisco, CA: KQED, c1991.
Bettina Gray interviews Luis Valdez, the celebrated founder of the Teatro Campesino, the West Coast theatrical group that has given voice to the struggles of Chicanofarm workers. As a child, Valdez picked fruit alongside his father in California's fertile valleys. In this program, he describes how he became a playwright and director and explains how his plays retrace the experience of Chicano families. UGA Library Media Department: VHS 3137.1.

Jamieson, Duncan R. "Zoot suit riots." In The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America, David Bradley, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, editors: vol. 3, 938. Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe Reference, c1998. Short description of the 1943 riots. UGA Main Library: Reference E185.61 .E544 1998.

McRobbie, Angela, editor. Zoot Suits and Second-hand Dresses: An Anthology of Fashion and Music. Boston: Unwin Hyman, c1988.UGA Main Library: ML3470 .Z66 1988.

NAACP 1940-55. General Office File. Zoot Suit Riots, 1943-44. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, press releases, and clippings, concerning a wartime racial riot between Mexican youths and American sailors in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1943. UGA Main Library: Microfilm: E184.6 .N380pt. 7,ser.A,r.29.

Thorne, Tony. Fads, Fashions & Cults: From Acid House to Zoot Suit, Via Existentialism and Political Correctness, the Definitive Guide to (Post-) Modern Culture. London: Bloomsbury, 1993. UGA Main Library: CB430 .T475 1993.

Valdez, Luis. Zoot Suit and Other Plays. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1992. Includes the plays: Zoot Suit; Bandido!; I Don't Have To Show You No Stinking Badges. UGA Main Library: PS3572 .A387 Z6 1992.

Valdez, Luis, editor. Aztlan: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature. New York: Knopf, 1972. UGA Main Library: E184 .M5 V3 1972.

White, Shane, and Graham White. Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998. Gives the origins of the zoot suit style of dressing. UGA Main Library: E185.86 .W4388 1998.

Zoot Suit.
New York: WNBC-TV, 1979.
Half-hour documentary that includes scenes from the play and an interview with the author and director, Luis Valdez. UGA Libraries Peabody Awards Collection:79086 ENT.

"Zoot Suit." In Identities and Issues in Literature, Peck, David, editor: vol 3, 1030-1031. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, c1997. Describes the play by Luis Valdez. UGA Main Library: Reference PS153 .M56 I34 1997.

"Zoot-suit riots." In Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism, Auerbach, Susan, editor: vol. 6, 1737-1738. New York: Marshall Cavendish, c1994. A lengthier article than Jamison (above). UGA Main Library: Reference E184 .A1 E58 1994.


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