Pachucas, Pachucos and Their Culture:

Mexican American Zoot Suiters of the U.S. Southwest, 1935-1955

The title of the dissertation written by

Gerardo Licón

Doctoral Candidate

Department of History

University of Southern California

I am currently conducting research on Mexican American youth culture, particularly pachuco culture, during the 1940s in the U.S. Southwest and urban Mexico. If you would like to learn more about my research read a short abstract or email me for more information on my dissertation. To learn more about me click here to see my curriculum vitae. If you know someone who wore a zoot suit in the 1940s or has memories of people who did, please contact me with their information via e-mail (glicon@usc.edu) so that I can contact him or her. They may be able to be part of a research study that I plan to turn into a book. Thank you for your interest in my research.

(Updated: Dec 6, 2007)

You can e-mail me at: glicon@.usc.edu