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Lowrider space : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chappell, Ben, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Social aspects--United States.
- Automobiles.
- Automobiles--Societies, etc--Social aspects--United States.
- Lowriders--Social aspects--United States.
- Lowriders.
- Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.
- Mexican Americans.
- Mexican Americans--Social life and customs.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-73787-4
- OCLC:
- 794672965
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