The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City

by Robert Lemon

Book Overview

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 a bustling business.

Drawing on interviews with taco truck workers and his own skills as a geographer, Robert Lemon illuminates new truths about foodways, community,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252084233
• ISBN13: 9780252084232
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"