Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives) Book

In the 1960s and early 1970s, young people in New York City radically altered the tradition of writing their initials on neighborhood walls. Influenced by the widespread use of famous names on billboards, in neon, in magazines, newspapers, and typographies from advertising and comics, city youth created a new form of expression built around elaborately designed names and initials displayed on public walls, vehicles, and subways. Critics called it "graffiti," but to the practitioners it was "writing." Taking the Train traces the history of "writing" in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers. Austin tracks the ways in which "writing" - a small, seemingly insignificant act of youthful rebellion -assumed crisis-level importance … read more...
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