Street Art and Activism in the Greater Caribbean - Impossible States, Virtual Publics

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.

List of contents

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”

About the author

Jana Evans Braziel is Western College Endowed Professor in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jana Evans Braziel, Jana Evans (Miami University Braziel, Braziel Jana Evans
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781032247724
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224772-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Sociology, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / Art & Politics, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / Public Art, History of art / art & design styles, Caribbean islands, History of Art, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, History of the Americas, Political campaigning and advertising, Urban communities, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, The arts: general topics