First published in 1993, Crimes of Style investigates the politics of
culture and crime through an in-depth case study of graffiti in Denver
and the official response to it. Focusing on the most prevalent form
of graffiti writing in Denver, the book provides a detailed
consideration of the social and cultural circumstances that surround
its creation. It explores the national and international development
and reception of hip hop graffiti that provided the context in which
Denver’s hip hop graffiti emerged. It also examines the reaction of
Denver’s corporate and political community, highlighting the
establishment of campaigns to criminalise it and identifying both
Denver’s graffiti scene and the response to it as interwoven with
broader cultural processes. Most significantly, the book puts forward
the circumstances surrounding the phenomenal growth of, and subsequent
attempts to suppress, hip hop graffiti as indicative of injustice and
inequality within the United States.
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Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000370720
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter