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Pachucos are Mexican American adolescents, generally ages thirteen to twenty-two, who belonged to juvenile gangs from around the 1930s to the 1950s.

Pachuco culture is dope not just because it represents our story of resistance and rebellion through fashion, but also because these young immigrant and first-generation Pachucos just trying to make sense of their new barrio created a movement that. This is an exceptionally dark chapter in our history, but we do want to end on a positive note. Moreover, the migration of Mexican American youths to large cities of. In fact, the colloquial term pachuco referred to someone from a border city, Del Pachuco (Durán 2002). The origins of the Pachuco subculture emerged along the borders of Mexico and the United States during the late 19 th century and the early 20 th century. The pachuco counterculture flourished among Chicano boys and men in the 1940s as a symbol of rebellion, especially in El Paso.Some pachucos adopted strong attitudes of social defiance, engaging in la vida. Pachucos are male members of a counterculture associated with zoot suit fashion, jazz and swing music, and a distinct dialect known as caló, that emerged in Los Angeles in the late 1930s.