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Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles

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Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles - Rosales, Rocío
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"This book examines the social worlds of young Latino street vendors as they navigate the complexities of local and federal laws prohibiting both their presence and their work on street corners. Known as fruteros, they sell fruit salads out of pushcarts throughout Los Angeles and are part of the urban landscape. Drawing on six years of fieldwork, Roc???io Rosales offers a compelling portrait of their day-to-day struggles. In the process, she examines how their paisano (hometown compatriot) social networks both help and ...

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Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles 2020, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520319851

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Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles 2020, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520319844

Hardcover