RT Book T1 Street art, public city: law, crime and the urban imagination T2 A GlassHouse book A1 Young, Alison 1962- LA English PP London New York PB Routledge YR 2014 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1609183657 AB "This book investigates street art and graffiti as cultural practices at the borders of legality and illegality. Cities are engaged in a continual process of cultural production through which their self-image is developed and refined; a process that is sometimes legal -- as with architecture, statuary, signage, advertising, and public art -- and sometimes not -- with practices such as billposting, graffiti and street art. Alternately (and sometimes simultaneously) considered criminal, gentrifying, or commercial, street art exists and operates on the boundaries between the legal and illegal, and between art, crime, and culture. Given its capacity to generate discussion and polarise opinion, street art is a cultural practice that can inform us about the nature of urban life and the limits of public space. Street Art, Public City: Crime and the Urban Imagination draws upon fifteen years of research to examines the ways in which street art has become as integral part of cities' cultural identities. It will be of interest to readers in the fields of street art and graffiti specifically, but also to those interested in issues relating to cities and urban space, legal geography, cultural criminology as well as cultural studies and art more generally. "-- CN NA9052 SN 9780415729253 SN 9780415538695 K1 Street art K1 Graffiti K1 Urban beautification K1 Crime K1 Public spaces K1 Sociology, Urban K1 Streetart : Recht : Geschichte 1980-2014