Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present - Softcover

 
9781611328684: Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1611328683 ISBN 13: 9781611328684
Publisher: Left Coast Press, 2015

Synopsis

This collection of original articles brings together for the first time the research on graffiti from a wide range of geographical and chronological contexts and shows how they are interpreted in various fields. Examples range as widely as medieval European cliff carvings to tags on New York subway cars to messages left in library bathrooms. In total, the authors legitimize the study of graffiti as a multidisciplinary pursuit that can produce useful knowledge of individuals, cultures, and nations. The chapters-represent 20 authors from six countries; -offer perspectives of disciplines as diverse as archaeology, history, art history, museum studies, and sociology;-elicit common themes of authority and its subversion, the identity work of subcultures and countercultures, and presentation of privilege and status.

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Edited by Lovata, Troy R; Olton, Elizabeth

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Publisher
Left Coast Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1611328683
ISBN 13 
9781611328684
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
278
Editor
Lovata Troy R, Olton Elizabeth

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