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Wallbangin': Graffiti And Gangs In L.A.,Used
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Graffiti Is As Ubiquitous As Telephone Poles In America'S Cities; It Is As Old As The Earliest Civilizations. The Most Public Medium In The Country Today, Graffiti Can Signal Territory, Love, Or Liberation. Ironically, Graffiti Is Understood By Only A Fraction Of Those Who Encounter It. Usually Read As A Sign Of Urban Decay And As A Loss Of Control Over The Physical Environment, Graffiti Has Become One Of The Most Potent Cultural Languages Of Our Age. Wallbangin' Is An Unprecedented, Indepth Look At This Phenomenon As It Is Embodied In The Neighborhoods Of One Of Its Epicenters, Los Angeles.Anthropologist Susan Phillips Enters The Lives Of The Africanamerican And Chicano Gang Members To Write A Comprehensive Guide To Their Symbolic And Visual Expression. She Not Only Decodes The Graffitiexplaining How, For Instance, Gang Boundaries Are Visually Delimited And How 'Memorial' Graffiti Functionsbut She Also Places It In The Context Of The Changing Urban Landscapes Within The City. Graffiti, She Argues, Is Inextricably Linked To Political Change, To Race, And To Art, And She Demonstrates How Those Connections Are Played Out In Contemporary L.A. Wallbangin' Is, On This Level, An Iconography Of Street Imagery. But It Is Also A Very Personal Narrative About Entering The World Of L.A. Street Gangsa World Of Pride, Enemies, Affirmation, And Humanity Where Gang Members Use Graffiti To Redefine Their Social And Political Position In Society.To Many Outsiders, Graffiti Is Cryptic, Senseless Scribbling. But Phillips Explains It As An Ingenious And Creative Solution To The Disenfranchisement Felt By Those Who Produce It. With Personal Narratives, Provocative Photography, And Contemporary Voices, Wallbangin' Unlocks The Mysteries Behind Streetlevel Ideologies And Their Visual Manifestations.
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