Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the PresentTroy R Lovata, Elizabeth Olton 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. |
Contents
Language | |
Graffiti on Frescoes | |
Cairo and | |
Understanding the Form Context of Graffiti | |
Exploring the Context of Southern | |
A Case Study of Graffiti | |
Playing Defense | |
Early Prehistoric Examples | |
Graffiti from Room | |
Understanding the Politics of Graffiti | |
Historic Graffiti and Calliglyphs on Two Military | |
Calle | |
Notes | |
Index | |
About the Editors Contributors | |
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