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Joe Austin Taking the Train (Paperback) (US IMPORT)
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- Taking the Train
- Title
- Taking the Train
- Subtitle
- How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City
- ISBN-10
- 0231111436
- EAN
- 9780231111430
- ISBN
- 9780231111430
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- History
- Release Year
- 2002
- Release Date
- 09/01/2002
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Series
- Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Subject
- History
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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In the 1960s and early 1970s, young people in New York City radically altered the tradition of writing their initials on neighborhood walls. Influenced by the widespread use of famous names on billboards, in neon, in magazines, newspapers, and typographies from advertising and comics, city youth created a new form of expression built around elaborately designed names and initials displayed on public walls, vehicles, and subways. Critics called it graffiti, but to the practitioners it was writing. Taking the Train traces the history of writing in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers. Austin tracks the ways in which writing ? a small, seemingly insignificant act of youthful rebellion?assumed crisis-level importance inside the bureaucracy and the public relations of New York City mayoral administrations and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for almost two decades. Taking the Train reveals why a global city short on funds made wiping out graffiti an expensive priority while other needs went unfunded. Although the city eventually took back the trains, Austin eloquently shows how and why the culture of writing survived to become an international art movement and a vital part of hip-hop culture.
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Columbia University Press
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9780231111430
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Publication Name
Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
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United States
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Pretty comprehensive view of NYC graffiti.
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