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Crimes of style : urban graffiti and the politics of criminality
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Ferrell as discussed by the authors examines the practices of graffiti artists and argues that coordinated corporate and political campaigns to suppress and criminalize graffiti writers further disenfranchise the young, the poor, and people of color.Abstract:
Jeff Ferrell draws on his own extensive field research to thoroughly examine the practices of graffiti artists. 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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