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Author:
Chappell, Ben, 1971-
Title:
Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xi, 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Mexican Americans--Social life and customs.
Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.
Lowriders--Social aspects--United States.
Automobiles--Social aspects--United States.
Automobiles--Social aspects--Social aspects--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
Contents:
Chapter one. cruising spaces -- Chapter two. inside out: the ambivalent aesthetics of lowrider interiors -- Chapter three. auto bodies -- Chapter four. work: the producer as author -- Chapter five. neither gangsters nor santitos.
Summary:
"This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0292737874 (e-book)
9780292737877 (e-book)
0292754248
9780292754249 (paperback)
0292737866 (hardback)
9780292737860 (hardback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)761845174
LCCN:
2012007465
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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