Ethnic Studies

Pachucos are Mexican-American youth, who are generally ages of thirteen to twenty-two who belonged to juvenile gangs between 1930s to the 1950s.they, developed their own subculture during this period and were located in the southwestern United States. They were generally referred to as zoot- suites by mainstream media due to the distinctive clothes that they wore. It is speculated that the origin of Pachuquismo as it being connected to Pachucos and Spanish gypsies, between Pachucos and lower class mixed blood soldiers and civilians who had settled the Borderlands during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Mostly they were associated with the social dislocation that was associated with rapid process of urbanization that was experienced by Mexican-Americans during 1930s through the mid twentieth century. During the era of 1930s and 1950s, the Pachuco youths in urban Texas were known for their style of dress, idioms of speech and...
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