The Graffiti Subculture: Youth, Masculinity and Identity in London and New York
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, this book explores the varying ways young men use graffiti to construct masculinity, claim power, and establish...
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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, this book 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 book will be essential reading for anyone interested in new understandings of youth and their subcultures.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780333781913 (0333781910)
Publish date: January 18th 2003
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Clearly written with a lot of interview data to back up claims. MacDonald's research was very clearly directed by available subcultural research and she framed her findings accordingly. When she encountered results that didn't seem to fit very neatly into available theories, she made efforts to acco...
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