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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791735003321

Autore

Chappell Ben <1971->

Titolo

Lowrider space [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / / Ben Chappell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2012

ISBN

0-292-73787-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Classificazione

SOC044000

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Automobiles - Social aspects - United States

Automobiles - Societies, etc - Social aspects - United States

Lowriders - Social aspects - United States

Mexican Americans - Cultural assimilation

Mexican Americans - Social life and customs

Popular culture - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--