The Graffiti Subculture: Youth, Masculinity and Identity in London and New York

by Nancy MacDonald

Book Overview

This book is the most extensive contribution to our understanding of the graffiti subculture to date. Using insights from ethnographic research conducted in London and New York, the author explores the varying ways young men use graffiti to construct masculinity, claim power and establish independence from the institutions which define and often limit them as young people. Forging a link between subcultural practice and identity construction, this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333781902
• ISBN13: 9780333781906
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"