The taco truck : how Mexican street food is transforming the American city /

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"Icons of Mexican cultural identity and America's melting pot ideal, taco trucks have transformed cityscapes from coast to coast. The taco truck radiates Mexican culture within non-Mexican spaces with a presence--sometimes desired, sometimes resented--that turns a public street corner into...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lemon, Robert, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Hispanic Americans > Social life and customs.
Mexican Americans > Nutrition.
Food trucks > United States.
Tacos > United States.
Food habits > Social aspects > United States.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Mœurs et coutumes.
Camions de cuisine de rue > États-Unis.
Tacos > États-Unis.
Habitudes alimentaires > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
COOKING > Regional & Ethnic > Mexican.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
COOKING > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Food habits > Social aspects
Food trucks
Hispanic Americans > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Mexican Americans > Nutrition
Tacos
United States > Social life and customs > 21st century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 21e siècle.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Jeffrey M. Pilcher
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Engaging Taco Truck Space
  • Remaking Oakland's Streets
  • Formalizing San Francisco's Informal Street Food Vendors
  • Making Sacramento into an Edible City
  • Landscape, Labor, and the Lonchera
  • Community Conflict and Cuisine in Columbus
  • Cooking up Multiculturalism
  • Food, Fear, and Dreams
  • Conclusion: An Evolving American Space.

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