Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe

ISBN-13: 9781032239873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 226 str.

Mitja Velikonja

Opis

This theoretically and empirically grounded book uses case studies of political graffiti in the post-socialist Balkans and Central Europe to explore the use of graffiti as a subversive political media.

Spis treści

Preface: Toward a New Interdisciplinary Science – Graffitology Part One: Introduction to Graffiti and Street Art Studies Chapter 1 Mapping (Political) Graffiti and Street Art Chapter 2 Types, Styles and Techniques of Graffiti and Street Art Chapter 3 Ways, Sites and Methods of Researching Political Graffiti and Street Art Part Two: Post-Socialist Graffiti-Scapes – Case Studies Chapter 4 Yugoslavia after Yugoslavia: Graffiti and Street Art about Yugoslavia in the Post-Yugoslav Urbanscape Chapter 5 Contested Heroes – Gavrilo Princip and Rudolf Maister as Subcultural Icons Chapter 6 Nature as Politics - The Motif of Mt. Triglav in Graffiti and Street Art Chapter 7 Shameful Compliance - Balkan Nationalist Graffiti and Street Art Chapter 8 Chosen Few - Football Fan Graffiti and Street Art Conclusion: Power of the Street (Art), Powerlessness of (Street) Art

O autorze

Mitja Velikonja, PhD, is a Professor of Cultural Studies and Head of the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.