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WK 10: Latino Foods and Transforming Urban Spaces and Cultural Appropriation

TUESDAY 04/05 (Proposed in-person date)

Topic: Latino Foods and Transforming Urban Spaces

Readings Due: Introduction In Lemon, R. (2019). The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City. University of Illinois Press. (Read first 7 pages)

Lecture-Session Discussion Resources:

Citation: [Culinary Historians] (2021, June 2) The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City with Robert Lemon PhD [Video File]. (1:16:45).

THURSDAY 04/07

Topic: Cultural Appropriation

Listen to Podcast Due: Dr. Sánchez Prado, Mexican Food & The Legacy Of Bayless And Kennedy

Latinos Who Lunch (Episode 173). Dr. Sánchez Prado, Mexican Food & The Legacy Of Bayless And Kennedy (PodCast) (1:32:48). I am most concerned with you listening to the interview with Dr. Prado, feel free to skip to the section with his interview which starts at approximately 15minutes and ends at approximately the 1hour mark. (Contains ads and promotions; no endorsements, affiliations, or association with the course).

Mapping Latinx Foods

PRLS3320w Mapping Latinx Foods. URL: https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=4369080
As a method of practicing how to use this map, we will map locations that we have observed Latinx street foods. It can be our favorite places, or places we notice during commutes.
Map Legend: Yellow is Puerto Rican Pastelillos, Brown is Mexican Tamale Carts and Purple is Mexican Taco Trucks.