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The writing of where : graffiti and the production of writing spaces

Title
The writing of where : graffiti and the production of writing spaces / Charles N. Lesh.
Author
Lesh, Charles N.
Publication
  • Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
xiii, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm.
Summary
"The Writing of Where examines how graffiti writers in Boston write and rewrite various spaces within and across the city. Drawing on a four-year study with graffiti writers, this book explores how writing communities-particularly those marginalized by local processes of neoliberal space-produce public texts that at once challenge existing discourses of place and produce new, emergent writing spaces organized around alternative social principles"--
Series Statement
Writing, culture, and community practices
Uniform Title
Writing, culture, and community practices series.
Subject
  • Graffiti > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston
  • Graffiti artists > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions
  • Street art > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston
  • Graffiti artists > Massachusetts > Boston
  • Street art > Massachusetts > Boston
  • Graffiti > Social aspects
  • Street art > Social aspects
  • Massachusetts > Boston
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index.
Call Number
JQE 22-715
ISBN
  • 9780815637677
  • 0815637675
  • 9780815637622
  • 0815637624
LCCN
2022008173
OCLC
1286313809
Author
Lesh, Charles N., author.
Title
The writing of where : graffiti and the production of writing spaces / Charles N. Lesh.
Publisher
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Writing, culture, and community practices
Writing, culture, and community practices series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Lesh, Charles N. Writing of where First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2022 9780815655596 (DLC) 2022008174
Research Call Number
JQE 22-715
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