{"product_id":"reading-the-walls-of-bogota-alba-griffin-9780822947790","title":"Reading the Walls of Bogota: Graffiti, Street Art, and the Urban Imaginary of Violence","description":"A cultural imaginary is a structuring space through which collective understandings of cultural and society phenomena are formed, reproduced, and accepted as the norm.\u003ci\u003e Reading the Walls of Bogotá\u003c\/i\u003e uses graffiti and street art to explore the urban imaginaries of violence in Bogotá, Colombia. These artistic forms are produced and received in different ways in different areas of the city and offer an insight into citizens' everyday experiences and perceptions of violence from the political, to the personal, to that of structural inequality. Through graffiti, in which critiques of memory, space, politics, and aesthetics are embedded, artists and their viewers form vernacular theories through which they interpret the world and the spaces they inhabit. By focusing on creative expression, Alba Griffin shows how Bogotá's residents respond to imaginaries of violence, how they critique the norms, how they appropriate space to challenge or negotiate violence, and how they push back against inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alba Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082294779X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822947790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Alba Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070128746751,"sku":"9780822947790","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_168b28c2-7f1d-4522-8a82-8f724219f020.jpg?v=1685428524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-walls-of-bogota-alba-griffin-9780822947790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}