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The Aesthetics of Rule and Resistance: Analyzing Political Street Art in Latin America: 29 (Protest, Culture & Society, 29) - Softcover

Bogerts, Lisa

 
9781805397397: The Aesthetics of Rule and Resistance: Analyzing Political Street Art in Latin America: 29 (Protest, Culture & Society, 29)
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ISBN 10: 1805397397 ISBN 13: 9781805397397
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2024

Synopsis

Effective visual communication has become an essential strategy for grassroots political activists, who use images to publicly express resistance and make their claims visible in the struggle for political power. However, this “aesthetics of resistance” is also employed by political and economic elites for their own purposes, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish from the “aesthetics of rule.” Through illuminating case studies of street art in Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Caracas, and Mexico City, The Aesthetics of Rule and Resistance explores the visual strategies of persuasion and meaning-making employed by both rulers and resisters to foster self-legitimization, identification, and mobilization.

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About the Author

Lisa Bogerts is a Berlin-based political scientist, researcher, and editor. Her work focuses on political conflict and protest, visual communication, artistic activism, and power relations.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1805397397
ISBN 13 
9781805397397
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
348