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Pachucas (Draft)
''The promiscuous image came from the Pachuca's high public visibility and patronage of nightlife with pachucos. This image contrasted with the traditional Latino-American image of femininity at the time which held that the "good" minority woman stayed in the home.'' (<-- this is already in wikipedia, after this I will add.) As said in Catherine S. Ramirez book, most women living in America in the 1940's were dressed with dresses; American women were never seen, or thought to dressed in pants. This is why the rest of society saw Pachucas as rebellious, tacky, and not part of the hegemonic American society. This created a larger gap between Mexican-Americans and the rest of the community. But, this was not what the Pachuco, or Pachuca style were looking for. They wanted to close the gap and prove that they do not lack money and that they can afford luxuries such as expensive fabric. All they wanted was to climb up a social class. All they ever wanted was to be accepted. Pachucas made their own clothes and created a space for self expression through fashion.

PeroLike did this amazing youtube video that shows and explains the Pachuca Style. ~ Peer edit by Rebecca Feldman

Nice work, Joan! There are a few sentences that I think need to be restructured, along with some grammatical errors. Here is how I might restructure:

American women were not encouraged to wear pants, as it was seen as strictly masculine. Because of this, outsiders saw Pachucas as rebellious, tacky, and un-American. This created a larger gap between Mexican-Americans and the rest of the community. However, this was not the intention of the Pachuco/Pachuca style. Pachucas strove to prove that their community fits in to American culture and that they were not of lesser value socially and economically. In order to portray this, they created their suits with luxurious and expensive fabrics. Pachucas made their own clothes and created a space for self expression through fashion.Rebeccaf1995 (talk) 15:55, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank You Rebecca, the sentence sounds so much better! ~

Article evaluation: Pachucos
If we are learning about some style or way of dressing, they should be more examples (pictures, videos, etc).I think the article should be more visually engaging. The Pachuco article might be a little biased for only the male involvement in the Zoot Suit Riots; before this Wikipedia course even began, the Pachuca section was only a paragraph long and did not cite any books, journals, etc.

Many of the information cites back to Catherine S. Ramirez' book The Woman in the Zoot Suit. London: Duke University Press, 2009. History of Tattoo

Hine, Thomas Chambers (1876). Nottingham: its castle: a military fortress, a royal palace, a ducal mansion, a blackened ruin, a museum and gallery of art. London: Hamilton, Adams. p. Appendix.

A description of three of the men who took part in the Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 refers to their being tattooed on the left breast, arms and 'backside' with designs such as stars, hearts, 'darts' and, in the case of a Manxman, the triskelion nationalarchives.gov.uk

Hough, Richard. Captain James Cook: Norton, 1997.

Pierrat, Jérôme, and Eric Guillon. “Les Gars De La Marine : Le Tatouage De Marin.” Site De Photostatouages : Modèles Et Photos De Tatouages !, 20 July 2014, www.photostatouages.com/2014/07/20/les-gars-de-la-marine-le-tatouage-de-marin/.

Added a picture for Tattoos