MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012007465
003 DLC
005 20120709080231.0
008 120316s2012 txua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012007465
020 $a9780292737860 (hardback)
020 $a9780292737877 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE184.M5$bC3837 2012
082 00 $a973/.046872$223
084 $aSOC044000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aChappell, Ben,$d1971-
245 10 $aLowrider space :$baesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars /$cBen Chappell.
250 $a1st. ed
260 $aAustin, TX :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c2012.
300 $axi, 239 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-234) and index.
520 $a"This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xCultural assimilation.
650 0 $aLowriders$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAutomobiles$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAutomobiles$xSocieties, etc.$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies.$2bisacsh