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05334aam a2200577 i 4500 001 A2E562A2CFA311E9B77D544F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190905010153 008 190208s2019 iluaf b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018056752 020 $a 0252084233 020 $a 9780252084232 020 $a 025204245X 020 $a 9780252042454 035 $a (OCoLC)1057377228 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TXI $d SPI $d YDX $d DAC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TX361.H57 $b L47 2019 082 00 $a 641.84 $2 23 084 $a SOC007000 $a CKB056000 $a SOC007000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Lemon, Robert, $d 1979- $e author. 245 14 $a The taco truck : $b how Mexican street food is transforming the American city / $c Robert Lemon ; foreword by Jeffrey M. Pilcher. 264 1 $a Urbana : $b University of Illinois Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 204 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index. 520 $a "Icons of Mexican cultural identity and America's melting pot ideal, taco trucks have transformed cityscapes from coast to coast. The taco truck radiates Mexican culture within non-Mexican spaces with a presence--sometimes desired, sometimes resented--that turns a public street corner into a bustling business. Drawing on interviews with taco truck workers and his own skills as a geographer, Robert Lemon illuminates new truths about foodways, community, and the unexpected places where ethnicity, class, and culture meet. Lemon focuses on the Bay Area, Sacramento, and Columbus, Ohio, to show how the arrival of taco trucks challenge preconceived ideas of urban planning even as cities use them to reinvent whole neighborhoods. As Lemon charts the relationships between food practices and city spaces, he uncovers the many ways residents and politicians alike contest, celebrate, and influence not only where your favorite truck parks, but what's on the menu"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Taco Truck examines how the social spaces of Mexican immigrant owned taco trucks are transforming the urban landscapes of the Bay Area, CA, Sacramento, CA, and Columbus, OH, and are consequently challenging many preconceived notions of the ways in which urban spaces are designed and planned. The work is foremost ethnographic, as it documents the lives and social tribulations of taco truck owners while they learn to navigate the cultural terrain of cities in the United States. It then analyzes their everyday practices in the context of urban policy, urban design, and the marketing image of a city. Finally, it deconstructs these various relationships between everyday life and urban political power through a sociospatial lens. For instance, taco trucks in some cities are often manipulated by discriminatory planning initiatives that dictate where Mexican food practices can take place; by contrast, in more affluent neighborhoods, new artisanal food trucks emulating Mexican street food practices and primarily targeting non-Latino middle-class patrons are not subject to the same regulations. This work meticulously assesses how various food practices relate to the representational spaces of a city. It argues that immigrant food practices are not only produced by traditional foodways, but are also contested, celebrated, and influenced by urban populations and local politics. The Taco Truck argues that there are various social dynamics and interest groups throughout an urban environment that can determine the presence or absence of food practices"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Jeffrey M. Pilcher -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Engaging Taco Truck Space -- Remaking Oakland's Streets -- Formalizing San Francisco's Informal Street Food Vendors -- Making Sacramento into an Edible City -- Landscape, Labor, and the Lonchera -- Community Conflict and Cuisine in Columbus -- Cooking up Multiculturalism -- Food, Fear, and Dreams -- Conclusion: An Evolving American Space. 650 0 $a Hispanic Americans $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Nutrition. 650 0 $a Food trucks $z United States. 650 0 $a Tacos $z United States. 650 0 $a Food habits $x Social aspects $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $y 21st century. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Mexican. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Food habits $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930819 650 7 $a Food trucks. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01765088 650 7 $a Hispanic Americans $x Social life and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00957602 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Mexican Americans $x Nutrition. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01019134 650 7 $a Tacos. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01141862 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 700 1 $a Pilcher, Jeffrey M., $d 1965- $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905042112.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2E562A2CFA311E9B77D544F97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search