Street art, public city : law, crime and the urban imagination / Alison Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Alison, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Street art.

Graffiti.

Urban beautification.

Crime.

Public spaces.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

xi, 177 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"This book investigates street art and graffiti as cultural practices at the borders of legality and illegality. Cities are engaged in a continual process of cultural production through which their self-image is developed and refined; a process that is sometimes legal -- as with architecture, statuary, signage, advertising, and public art -- and sometimes not -- with practices such as billposting, graffiti and street art. Alternately (and sometimes simultaneously) considered criminal, gentrifying, or commercial, street art exists and operates on the boundaries between the legal and illegal, and between art, crime, and culture. Given its capacity to generate discussion and polarise opinion, street art is a cultural practice that can inform us about the nature of urban life and the limits of public space. Street Art, Public City: Crime and the Urban Imagination draws upon fifteen years of research to examines the ways in which street art has become as integral part of cities' cultural identities. It will be of interest to readers in the fields of street art and graffiti specifically, but also to those interested in issues relating to cities and urban space, legal geography, cultural criminology as well as cultural studies and art more generally. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The situational artwork

Encounter : watching JR

The cities in the city

Encounter : criminal damage?

Cityscapes

Encounter : losing the image

Criminalising the image

Encounter : things on walls

Street art and spatial politics

Encounter : Banksy under glass

Transformations : urban imagination in the public city.

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book"--t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415538695

0415538696

OCLC:

773023753