Crimes of Style: Urban Graffitti and the Politics of Criminality Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Crimes of Style: Urban Graffitti and the Politics of Criminality Book

In this groundbreaking study of a contemporary urban phenomenon, Jeff Ferrell draws on his own extensive field research to thoroughly examine the practices of graffiti artists and their complex system of stylistic meanings, status games, norms, and specialized vocabulary. Focusing on the city of Denver, he takes a close look at the war against graffiti and the interplay between cultural innovation and institutionalized intolerance, arguing that coordinated corporate and political campaigns to suppress and criminalize graffiti writers further disenfranchises the young, the poor, and people of color. Read More

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  • 1555532764
  • 9781555532765
  • Jeff Ferrell
  • 31 October 1996
  • Northeastern University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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