Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-cultural Understanding - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3112215478 ISBN 13 : 9783112215470

Editeur : De Gruyter, 2025

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, the study of graffiti has emerged as a bustling field, invigorated by increased appreciation for their historical, linguistic, sociological, and anthropological value and propelled by ambitious documentation projects. The growing understanding of graffiti as a perennial, universal phenomenon is spurring holistic consideration of this mode of graphic expression across time and space. Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding complements recent efforts to showcase the diversity in creation, reception, and curation of graffiti around the globe, throughout history and up to the present day. Reflecting on methodology, concepts, and terminology as well as spatial, social, and historical contexts of graffiti, the book's fourteen chapters cover ancient Egypt, Rome, Northern Arabia, Persia, India, and the Maya; medieval Eastern Mediterranean, Turfan, and Dunhuang; and contemporary Tanzania, Brazil, China, and Germany. As a whole, the collection provides a comprehensive toolkit for newcomers to the field of graffiti studies and appeals to specialists interested in viewing these materials in a cross-cultural perspective.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ondřej Skrabal, Univ. Hamb.; Leah Mascia, Univ. Hamb.; Ann Lauren Osthof, U. Hamb.; Malena Ratzke, Friedr.-Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3112215478
• ISBN 13: 9783112215470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 511
• Éditeur: Škrabal Ondřej, Mascia Leah, Osthof Ann Lauren, Ratzke Malena
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walter de Gruyter GmbH; productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; ; Genthiner Straße 13; Berlin; 10785; Allemagne