1st Edition
Street Art and Activism in the Greater Caribbean Impossible States, Virtual Publics
By Jana Evans Braziel
Copyright 2023
236 Pages
10 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
10 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
10 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Foregrounding street art in the capital cities of Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico, this book argues that Antillean street artists diagnose the “impossible state” of the arrested present (colonized, occupied, or under dictatorship) while simultaneously imagining liberated futures and fully sovereign states.
Jana Evans Braziel launches a comparative study of art, politics, history, urban street... Read more
Introduction: Living Streets: Calles Vivas: Lari Vivan Intermezzo: Havana, 1. Murales as Testimonios: In the Streets of Havana Intermezzo: Port-au-Prince, 2. Murales as Media: In the Streets of Port-au-Prince Intermezzo: San Juan, 3. Murales as Mythos: In the Streets of San Juan, 4. Digital Walls/Virtual Publics: Coronavirus Cities on Instagram, Conclusion: Beyond “Impossible States”
Biography
Jana Evans Braziel is Western College Endowed Professor in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University.
