Details

Subject(s)

• Graffiti—Social aspects [Browse]
• Graffiti—Political aspects [Browse]

Editor

• Paradis, Xuan [Browse]
• Matthew, Minda [Browse]

• Paradis, Xuan [Browse]
• Matthew, Minda [Browse]

Series

• Social issues, justice and status series. [More in this series]
• Social issues, justice and status

Summary note

The authors first present a study wherein a political dimension of art was analyzed using Jacques Rancière's theory, the micropolitical context in contemporary cities was analyzed using Michael Foucault's theory, and the research methodology was based on the urban ethnography of Italian author Massimo Canevacci. They present the experiences of five graffiti writers, exposing themes of resistance against societal rules. The book examine an event that happened during a graffiti workshop with youths in a city in the South of Brazil. The attempt to draw graffiti on a school's white wall, seen by the youths as transgression towards the institution and its rules, brought about a variety of reactions. The security guard reprimanded them, and the pedagogical coordinator listened to them, but also mentioned the possibility of asking the director's permission. After listening to the youths' arguments and negotiating the image which would be drawn, the director ended up allowing the graffiti to be created. Next, a study on graffiti art in a skate park in Malta, with the goal of exploring some of the functions the artworks serve. The skate park authorizes graffiti in an attempt to create "safe spaces" for young people aimed at engaging them in creative, recreational activities they enjoy doing. The authors suggest that graffiti art in designated spaces could potentially reverse the association of graffiti with social unrest, fear, vandalism and crime. The book analyzes graffiti and street-art production of the extreme right-wing groups in Slovenia. The authors state that modern fascism is direct, exclusive, and aggressive, while postmodern fascism has the potential to be even more dangerous, because it looks inclusive, conciliatory, and its diction seems integrative. A concluding study explores the efficiency of the laser cleaning of graffiti spray paints on different types of stone. (Nova)

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781536134995 (pbk)
• 1536134996 (pbk)

OCLC

1040063298

Other standard number

• 99977240865

RCP

C - S

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