TY - BOOK AU - Chappell,Ben ED - Project Muse. TI - Lowrider space: aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars SN - 9780292737877 AV - TL255.2+ PY - 2012/// CY - Austin, TX PB - University of Texas Press KW - Popular culture KW - United States KW - Automobiles KW - Societies, etc KW - Social aspects KW - Mexican Americans KW - Social life and customs KW - Lowriders KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780292737877/ ER -