that physically transports migrants from their countries of origin to the countries of current residence. Along with the physical transportation, the Mercado specializes in transculturated goods and items. Many of the stores specialize in traditional Mexican clothing, books, or films. Yet, these traditional items are presented in a transculturated context, outside of México or Latin America. The mercado becomes a transculturated site that participates in cultural remittance when it facilitates the physical circular migration of migrants returning to their home country. Migrants returning home bring cultural remittances to the land that they left, and El Mercado de Los Angeles is an important site of this cultural remittance process in Los Angeles. References External links El Mercado de Los Angeles official web site Cultural studies Culture of Los Angeles Human migration Hispanic and Latino American culture in Los Angeles Informal economy Mexican-American culture in Los Angeles Semiotics Shopping malls established in 1968 Shopping malls in Central Los Angeles Los Angeles