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.
Edited by:
Troy R Lovata,
Elizabeth Olton
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781611328684
ISBN 10: 1611328683
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 30 September 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction, Elizabeth Olton, Troy Lovata; SectionI Understanding the Function of Graffiti; Chapter 1 On the Origins of Anonymous Texts That Appear on Walls, Amardo Rodriguez; Chapter 2 Latrinalia in a Room of One’s Own: Language, Gender, and Place, Melissa R. Meade; Chapter 3 Beyond Art History: Graffiti on Frescoes, Véronique Plesch; Chapter 4 Writing with a Global Accent: Cairo and the Roots/Routes of Conflict Graffiti, John Lennon; sectionII Understanding the Form and Context of Graffiti; Chapter 5 Archaeology and Graffiti Carved in Carpathian Rock: The Thracian Horseman, or an Early Medieval Image of Power and Authority?, Drago? M?ndescu; Chapter 6 Marked Trees: Exploring the Context of Southern Rocky Mountain Arborglyphs, Troy Lovata; Chapter 7 Reclaiming the Ruins: A Case Study of Graffiti Heritage Interpretation at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, Bruce Beaton, Shannon Todd; Chapter 8 Ornament as Armament: Playing Defense in Wildstyle Graffiti, Gabrielle Gopinath; Chapter 9 From the Street to the Gallery: A Critical Analysis of the Inseparable Nature of Graffiti and Context, Alexandra K. Duncan; sectionIII Understanding Graffiti as a witness to history; Chapter 10 Graffiti as Resistance: Early Prehistoric Examples from the Casma Valley of Peru, Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski; Chapter 11 A Sub-Rosa Narrative: Graffiti from Room 9, Structure 5D-65, in Tikal, Guatemala, Elizabeth Olton; Chapter 12 Inside the Tunnels, Inside the Protests: The Artistic Legacy of Anti-Nuclear Activists at a Nevada Peace Camp, Colleen M. Beck, Lauren W. Falvey, Harold Drollinger; sectionIV Understanding the politics of Graffiti; Chapter 13 Advertised Defiance: How New York City Graffiti Went from “Getting Up” to “Getting Over”, Tyson Mitman; Chapter 14 Historic Graffiti and Calliglyphs on Two Military Establishments in England, Christopher Daniell; Chapter 15 A Wall in Mexico City’s Historic Center: Calle Regina 56, Pamela Scheinman;
Edited by Lovata, Troy R; Olton, Elizabeth
Reviews for Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present
The volume provides fodder to consider graffiti in one's everyday environment, as a guide to students and scholars exploring graffiti. In this sense, the editors have achieved what they set out to do, that is, provide an easily accessible, theoretically grounded text, appropriate to utilize in undergraduate classrooms. - David Fazzino, Anthropology News (American Anthropological Association)
