Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chappell, Ben, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Social life and customs.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Lowriders--Social aspects--United States.

Lowriders.

Automobiles--Social aspects--United States.

Automobiles.

Automobiles--Social aspects.

Automobiles--Societies, etc.

Social aspects.

United States.

Automobiles--Societies, etc--Social aspects--United States.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

xi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2012.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments

Introduction

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

Conclusion

Notes

Reference List

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292737860

0292737866

9780292737877

0292737874

OCLC:

761845174