Crimes of style : urban graffiti and the politics of criminality /
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| Author / Creator: | Ferrell, Jeff |
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| Imprint: | New York : Garland, 1993. |
| Description: | xv, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 774. Current issues in criminal justice ; vol. 2 Garland reference library of social science v. 774. Garland reference library of social science. Current issues in criminal justice vol. 2. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1468193 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0815308108 |