Understanding graffiti : multidisciplinary studies from prehistory to the present

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Label

Understanding graffiti : multidisciplinary studies from prehistory to the present

Title remainder

multidisciplinary studies from prehistory to the present

Statement of responsibility

edited by Troy Lovata and Elizabeth Olton

Contributor

• Lovata, Troy, 1972-
• Olton, Elizabeth,

Editor

• Lovata, Troy, 1972-
• Olton, Elizabeth,

Subject

• ART -- History | Prehistoric & Primitive
• Graffiti
• Graffiti -- History
• REFERENCE -- Quotations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology

Language

eng

Summary

"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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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

N$T

Index

index present

LC call number

GT3912

LC item number

.U53 2015eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography