Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art

The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art integrates and reviews current scholarship in the field of graffiti and street art. Thirty-seven original contributions are organized around four sections: - History, Types, and Writers/Artists of Graffiti and Street Art; - Theoretical Explanations of Graffiti and Street Art/Causes of Graffiti and Street Art; - Regional/Municipal Variations/Differences of Graffiti and Street Art; and, - Effects of Graffiti and Street Art. Chapters are written by experts from different countries throughout the world and their expertise spans the fields of American Studies, Art Theory, Criminology, Criminal justice, Ethnography, Photography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Visual Communication. The Handbook will be of interest to researchers, instructors, advanced students, libraries, and art gallery and museum curators. This book is also accessible to practitioners and policy makers in the fields of criminal justice, law enforcement, art history, museum studies, tourism studies, and urban studies as well as members of the news media. The Handbook includes 70 images, a glossary, a chronology, and the electronic edition will be widely hyperlinked.

Jeffrey Ian Ross is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow of the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, and the Center for International and Comparative Law, both at the University of Baltimore.

Introduction: Sorting it all out, Jeffrey Ian Ross Part I: History, Types, and Writers/Artists of Graffiti and Street Art 1. Ancient Graffiti, J. A. Baird and Claire Taylor 2. Trains, Railroad Workers and Illegal Riders: The subcultural world of hobo graffiti, John F. Lennon 3. A History of Freight Train Graffiti in North America, Robert Donald Weide 4. Deconstructing Gang Graffiti, Susan A. Phillips 5. Prison Inmate Graffiti, Jacqueline Z. Wilson 6. Ways of Being Seen: Gender and/in writing on the wall, Jessica N. Pabón 7. Research and Theory on Latrinalia, Adam Trahan 8. Yarn Bombing - The softer side of street art, Minna Haveri 9. Straight from the Underground: New York City's legal graffiti writing culture, Ronald Kramer 10. American Indian Graffiti, Favian Martin Part II: Theoretical Explanations of Graffiti and Street Art/Causes of Graffiti and Street Art 11. Graffiti and Street Art as Ornament, Rafael Schacter 12. Graffiti, Street Art and the Divergent Synthesis of Place Valorisation in Contemporary Urbanism, Andrea Mubi Brighenti 13. Graffiti Art & the City: From piece-making to place-making, Graeme Evans 14. Something for the Boys? Exploring the changing gender dynamics of the graffiti subculture, Nancy Macdonald 15. The Psychology Behind Graffiti Involvement, Myra F. Taylor, Julie Ann Pooley, and Georgia Carragher 16. Graffiti and the Subculture Career, Gregory J. Snyder Part III: Regional/Municipal Variations/Differences of Graffiti and Street Art 17. From the City Walls to "Clean Trains": Graffiti in New York City, 1969-1990, Joe A. Austin 18. Boost or Blight? Graffiti Writing and Street Art in the "new" New Orleans, Doreen Piano 19. Pop Culture and Politics: Graffiti and Street Art in Montreal, Anna Waclawek 20. The Battle for Public Space along the Mapocho River, Santiago Chile, 1964-2014, Rodney Palmer 21. London Calling: Contemporary Graffiti/Street Art in the UK's Capital, Jeffrey Ian Ross 22. Graffiti and Street Art in Paris, David Fieni 23. From Marx to Merkel: Political Muralism and Street Art in Lisbon, Ricardo Campos 24. The Field of Graffiti and Street Art in Post January 2011 Egypt, Mona Abaza 25. Wall Talk: Palestinian graffiti, Julie Peteet 26. Graffiti/Street Art in Tokyo and Surrounding Districts, Hidetsugu Yamakoshi and Yasumasa Sekine 27. Claiming Spaces for Urban Art Images in Beijing and Shanghai, Minna Valjakka 28. Contesting Transcultural Trends: Emerging self-identities and urban art images in Hong Kong, Minna Valjakka Part IV: Effects of Graffiti and Street Art 29. How Major Urban Centers in the United States Respond to Graffiti/Street Art, Jeffrey Ian Ross 30. New York City's Moral Panic over Graffiti: Normalizing neoliberal penality and paving the way for growth machines, Ronald Kramer 31. Stealing from the Public: The value of street art taken from the street, Peter Bengtsen 32. How American Movies Depict Graffiti and Street Art, Jeffrey Ian Ross 33. Challenging the Defense of Graffiti, in Defense of Graffiti, Stefano Bloch 34. Does Copyright Law Protect Graffiti and Street Art?, Dan Schwender 35. Graffiti, Street Art and the Evolution of the Art Market, Maia Morgan Wells