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Book Graffiti 101

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kevin Monaghan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-06-11
  • ISBN : 9781736643013
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Graffiti 101 written by Kevin Monaghan and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graffiti 101 is a coloring book for adults. To truly master graffiti, you need to be able to "burn" in black and white. No techniques, no tricks, just straight-up style. Graffiti 101 contains "outlines" by elite style writers from all over the world. It offers anyone the opportunity to add their own flavor to a vast array of styles drawn y graffiti writers ranging from the 1970s pioneers to modern-day masters.

Book Graffiti Lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregory J. Snyder
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2011-04-15
  • ISBN : 0814740464
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book Graffiti Lives written by Gregory J. Snyder and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the sides of buildings, on bridges, billboards, mailboxes, and street signs, and especially in the subway and train tunnels, graffiti covers much of New York City. This book offers a rare look into this world of contemporary graffiti culture.

Book Moscow Graffiti

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Bushnell
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2024-11-01
  • ISBN : 1040229980
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Moscow Graffiti written by John Bushnell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear for the first time on the walls of Moscow and other Soviet cities in the late 1970s. John Bushnell first traces the social and cultural changes that fostered the emergence of a multifaceted Soviet subculture and the appearance of graffiti. He explains the common graffiti argot of Russian slang, English, and pictographs, and then examines the disparate groups that produced it-adolescent gangs, heavy metal fans, pacifists, punks, hippies, and even the fans of a popular Soviet novel (Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita). Through graffiti these conflicting and alienated groups produce an explicit cultural alternative to the official culture they disdain. Fully illustrated with over eighty drawings and photos, Moscow Graffiti is a unique look at an underexplored area of Soviet society. The book will prove fascinating reading to all those interested in Soviet society, history, and popular culture.

Book The Re Evolution of American Street Gangs

Download or read book The Re Evolution of American Street Gangs written by Dale L. June and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of gangs and gang subculture is a growing threat to the stability of neighborhoods and entire communities. During the past two decades, gang members have increasingly migrated from large urban centers to suburban areas and other countries. This book addresses the intricacies and diversities of street gangs, drawing on the expertise of high-ranking law enforcement officials monitoring terrorist activity and gang-related crimes as well as professional private investigators who have spent several decades investigating gangs and learning their subculture, lifestyle, motivations, and relationships. Ideal for supplemental reading in gang violence courses on criminal justice, sociology, law, and psychology, this comprehensive anthology presents thorough coverage of a notoriously difficult subject. It explores the following key topics: Social, psychological, and criminal impact of street gangs on juveniles Psychology of gang membership and the pathways that lead into and out of gang culture Relationship between religion and dangerous criminal gangs How U.S.-based gangs are using technology to advance their operations Use of graffiti by street gangs Evolution of gangs and recommendations for preventing future growth Gang enhancement crimes and associated misconduct of police and prosecutors Like any type of crime, street gang criminal activity cannot be totally eliminated. This book aims to provide a better understanding of gangs so that we can influence today’s potential gang members to make the right decisions for their sake and the sake of society.

Book Protest Graffiti   Mexico

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louis E. V. Nevaer
  • Publisher : Mark Batty Publisher
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Protest Graffiti Mexico written by Louis E. V. Nevaer and published by Mark Batty Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law.

Book Don1  the King from Queens

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  • Author : Louie Gasparro
  • Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
  • Release : 2014-03-28
  • ISBN : 9780764345005
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Don1 the King from Queens written by Louie Gasparro and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the famous graffiti artists from New York City's 1970s subway era was an unassuming talent from the unassuming borough of Queens. The Italian-American rock and roller who wrote "DON 1 MAFIA" blasted onto the scene like a meteorite out of nowhere. His influence on this art form transcended the inner city and he became a legend and a household name. But his descent from the top of this name game, a result of the hedonistic lifestyle of New York City at the time, was just as swift, and for years DON1 has lived in obscurity. Fortunately, as a photographer studying at the prestigious school of Art and Design, DON1 documented his iconic work, along with that of his well known contemporaries, using his trusted 35mm camera. This penetrating work takes the reader inside the supernova that was DON1's creative life with nearly 200 never before seen graffiti photos of the most undocumented NYC train lines and an even rarer glimpse at work from his black book.

Book Using English

Download or read book Using English written by Janet Maybin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English language is used today in different contexts and in many parts of the world, by both native and non-native speakers. Issues of language use in speech and writing, in work and play, and in persuading and informing are explored and illustrated with data and readings from around the English-using world. The reader is introduced to the adaptations and variations in English language use and to debates relating to how these are perceived and evaluated by different groups of users. For this second edition, key material from the earlier bestselling book, Using English: From Conversation to Canon, has been reorganized and updated, and entirely new material has been introduced. This new content is based on recent research in the field, as well as on contemporary thinking about how speakers and writers use the English language to accomplish a huge range of purposes in a variety of linguistic and cultural settings. Drawing on The Open University's wide experience of writing accessible and innovative texts, this book: explains basic concepts, easily located through a comprehensive index, includes contributions by experts in the field, such as Mike Baynham, Adrian Beard, Guy Cook, Sharon Goodman, Almut Koester, Janet Maybin and Neil Mercer, contains a range of source material and commissioned readings to supplement chapters.

Book Laugh it Off Annual

    Book Details:
  • Author : Justin Nurse
  • Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781919930442
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book Laugh it Off Annual written by Justin Nurse and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the greatest hits and near misses of all that was South African in 2003 - whether a song, cartoon, installation, design or photo - by some of the country's young creative talent. It includes Karen Zoid, Tumi Molekane, Zapiro, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Zackie Achmat.

Book What if it happens in my classroom

Download or read book What if it happens in my classroom written by Kate Sida-Nicholls and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why can‘t I stop my students from being noisy as they leave my classroom? What can I do when a student is texting on their phone in my lesson? How can I stop a student from constantly tapping their pen while I am talking?Sound familiar?Chewing gum, dropping litter, swearing, late homework and disruptive behaviour in class are just a few of the issu

Book Taking the Train

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joe Austin
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780231111423
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Taking the Train written by Joe Austin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of graffiti in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers.

Book Graffiti Art Styles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lisa Gottlieb
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2014-01-10
  • ISBN : 0786452250
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book Graffiti Art Styles written by Lisa Gottlieb and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a classification system for graffiti art styles that reflects the expertise of graffiti writers and the work of art historian Erwin Panofsky. Based on Panofsky's theories of iconographical analysis, the classification model is designed to identify the style of a graffiti art piece through its visual characteristics. Tested by image cataloguers in archives, libraries, and museums, the system assists information professionals in identifying the iconic styles of graffiti art pieces. It also demonstrates the power of Panofsky's theories to provide access to non-representational or abstract art images. The result is a new paradigm for Panofsky's theories that challenges the assumptions of traditional models. This innovative book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about graffiti art and for information professionals concerned with both the practical and intellectual issues surrounding image access.

Book Getting Up

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig Castleman
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 1984-04-26
  • ISBN : 9780262530514
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Getting Up written by Craig Castleman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1984-04-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Getting Up" is the term used by graffiti "artists" to describe their success in making their mark on the New York subway system. Through candid interviews, New Yorker Craig Castleman documents the inside story of the lives and activities of these young graffitists.

Book The Chick Palace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leslie Davis Guccione
  • Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
  • Release : 2013-05-15
  • ISBN : 1626810958
  • Pages : 223 pages

Download or read book The Chick Palace written by Leslie Davis Guccione and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of female friendship and summer romance from the RITA Award finalist and creator of the Branigan Brothers series. Three dilemmas. Two friends. One abandoned treehouse. Johanna Lawrence and Lilly Covington have a friendship that spans decades. From their days as college roommates to the years after as lakeside neighbors, they’ve offered each other sympathy, support, and solace for life’s rough edges. As they find themselves together for another summer and a new set of crossroads in their lives—Johanna having lost her mother, Lilly an empty-nester on her second divorce from the same man—they commandeer their sons’ long-abandoned treehouse for morning coffee, evening margaritas, and soulful contemplation. All hope of a restful summer is shattered when Johanna’s first love, the bad boy she dated years ago in a fit of teenage rebellion, reappears in her life. Quicker than he can dub the treehouse “The Chick Palace,” he embroils Johanna and Lilly in a triangle and proves himself as adept at stealing hearts and turning summers upside down as he was years ago. With her trademark heart, humor, and sass, Leslie Davis Guccione sets up a lakeside romp fueled by friendship, family, and one old flame ready and willing to once again test the waters.

Book Sonic Rupture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jordan Lacey
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2016-06-02
  • ISBN : 1501309978
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Sonic Rupture written by Jordan Lacey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sonic Rupture applies a practitioner-led approach to urban soundscape design, which foregrounds the importance of creative encounters in global cities. This presents an alternative to those urban soundscape design approaches concerned with managing the negative health impacts of noise. Instead, urban noise is considered to be a creative material and cultural expression that can be reshaped with citywide networks of sonic installations. By applying affect theory the urban is imagined as an unfolding of the Affective Earth, and noise as its homogenous (and homogenizing) voice. It is argued that noise is an expressive material with which sonic practitioners can interface, to increase the creative possibilities of urban life. At the heart of this argument is the question of relationships: how do we augment and diversify those interconnections that weave together the imaginative life and the expressions of the land? The book details seven sound installations completed by the author as part of a creative practice research process, in which the sonic rupture model was discovered. The sonic rupture model, which aims to diversify human experiences and urban environments, encapsulates five soundscape design approaches and ten practitioner intentions. Multiple works of international practitioners are explored in relation to the discussed approaches. Sonic Rupture provides the domains of sound art, music, creative practice, urban design, architecture and environmental philosophy with a unique perspective for understanding those affective forces, which shape urban life. The book also provides a range of practical and conceptual tools for urban soundscape design that can be applied by the sonic practitioner.

Book Postmodern Dilemmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jan Jagodzinski
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-08-22
  • ISBN : 1135458014
  • Pages : 451 pages

Download or read book Postmodern Dilemmas written by Jan Jagodzinski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Postmodern Dilemmas: Outrageous Essays in Art&Art Education and Pun(k) Deconstruction: Experimental Writings in Art&Art Education, jan jagodzinski presents a series of essays covering a timespan of approximately ten years. These essays chart the theory and practice of art&art education as it relates to issues of postmodernity and poststructuralism concerning representation, identity politics, consumerism, postmodern architecture, ecology, phallocentrism of the artistic canon, pluriculturalism, media and technology, and AIDS. As a former editor of The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and a founding member for the Caucus on Social Theory in Art Education, the author attempts to deconstruct the current art education paradigm, which is largely based on modernist tenets, and to reorient art education practice to social issues as developed in both media education and cultural studies. Part of the intent in these two volumes is to undertake a sustained critique of the 1982 Art in the Mainstream (A.I.M.) statement, which continues to be considered as the core value for art education. The distinct intention of this critique is to put forward a new value base for art&art education in these postmodern times. Many of the essays raise the need to be attentive to sex/gender issues in art&art education and the need to read the artistic discourse "otherwise." There is a sustained critique of the art programs developed by the Getty Center for the Arts, whose arts curriculum presents the paradigm case of late modernist thinking. Some essays are written in a provocative form that tries to accommodate such content. This is particularly the case in Pun(k) Deconstruction, where architectural discourse is deconstructed, and which includes an "artistic performance" given by the author in 1987. This singular set of volumes combines scholarship in the areas of gender studies, aesthetics, art history, art education, poststructuralism, and cultural studies in a unique blend of theory and practice for rethinking the field of art education.

Book Sociology of the Arts

Download or read book Sociology of the Arts written by Victoria D. Alexander and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet accessible review of sociological approaches to studying the fine, popular, and folk arts. Integrating scholarly literature, theoretical models, and empirical studies, this authoritative textbook provides balanced coverage of a broad range of essential topics—enabling a deeper understanding of the field as a whole. Throughout the text, numerous real-world case studies reinforce key concepts, stimulate classroom discussion, and encourage students to contemplate abstract theoretical issues central to the relationship between art and society. Now in its second edition, this bestselling volume features fully revised content that reflects the most recent literature and research in the field. New discussion on the production and the consumption of culture are complemented by fresh perspectives on changes in the social world such as the rise of the internet and digital media. Updated chapters offer insights into social boundaries and embodiment in the arts, emplacement, materiality, the social construction of art and aesthetics, and more. Exploring how art is created, distributed, received, and consumed, this textbook: Explores both classic work and new approaches in the sociology of the arts Features case studies and discussion questions on art forms including popular music, film, romance novels, visual arts, and classical music Discusses the meaning of artistic objects and why interpretations of art vary Examines the ways art intersects with race, gender, sexuality, and class Includes photographs, tables and figures, and a comprehensive reference list Written by a leading scholar in the field, Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms, Second Edition is an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on sociology of art and culture, media studies, anthropology of art, arts management, and the social history of art, and is a useful reference for established scholars studying any aspect of sociology of the arts.

Book Challenging Addiction in Canadian Literature and Classrooms

Download or read book Challenging Addiction in Canadian Literature and Classrooms written by Cara Fabre and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the richly interdisciplinary study, Challenging Addiction in Canadian Literature and Classrooms, Cara Fabre argues that popular culture in its many forms contributes to common assumptions about the causes, and personal and social implications, of addiction. Recent fictional depictions of addiction significantly refute the idea that addiction is caused by poor individual choices or solely by disease through the connections the authors draw between substance use and poverty, colonialism, and gender-based violence. With particular interest in the pervasive myth of the “Drunken Indian", Fabre asserts that these novels reimagine addiction as social suffering rather than individual pathology or moral failure. Fabre builds on the growing body of humanities research that brings literature into active engagement with other fields of study including biomedical and cognitive behavioural models of addiction, medical and health policies of harm reduction, and the practices of Alcoholics Anonymous. The book further engages with critical pedagogical strategies to teach critical awareness of stereotypes of addiction and to encourage the potential of literary analysis as a form of social activism.