Lowrider space [electronic resource] : aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben Chappell.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (p. cm.)ISBN:- 9780292737877
- 0292737874
- TL255.2+
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
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