The art of defiance : graffiti, politics, and the reimagined city in Philadelphia /

The Art of Defiance is an ethnographic portrait of how graffiti writers see their city and, in turn, how their city sees them. It explores how becoming a graffiti writer helps disenfranchised urban citizens negotiate their cultural identities, build their social capital and gain a voice within an ur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitman, Tyson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Intellect, 2018.
Subjects:
Graffiti artists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Graffiti > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Graffiti > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Street art > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Street art > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Sociology, Urban > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Graffiteurs > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Graffiti > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Graffiti > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Art dans la rue > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Art dans la rue > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Sociologie urbaine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Street art > Social aspects.
Street art > Political aspects.
Sociology, Urban.
Graffiti > Social aspects.
Graffiti > Political aspects.
Graffiti artists.
HISTORY / General
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword. Introduction and history : It shall be written
  • Graffiti history from graffiti writers' perspective
  • Graffiti history according to the city and media (and writers)
  • Wrap up. Graffiti and the city : North Philly routin'
  • Kasso, Philadelphia Mural Arts and The Joker
  • The arrest
  • The trials
  • The authoritative constructions of graffiti. Graffiti, rules, and politics : The rule, guidelines, and politics of graffiti
  • Beef inside the graffiti community
  • Graffiti beef with the rest of the community. Interlude: kick it wicked. The graffiti self and the reimagined city : Making space for making selves
  • Create, destroy, create, destroy ...
  • Neo-liberalism?
  • The gendered writer
  • Resist, remake, repeat. Conclusion: and so it was written. References
  • Vita
  • index.

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