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Graffiti Grrlz - Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora (Hardcover)
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Graffiti Grrlz - Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora (Hardcover)
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An inside look at women graffiti artists around the world Since the
dawn of Hip Hop graffiti writing on the streets of Philadelphia and
New York City in the late 1960s, writers have anonymously inscribed
their tag names on trains, buildings, and bridges. Passersby are
left to imagine who the author might be, and, despite the artists'
anonymity, graffiti subculture is seen as a "boys club," where the
presence of the graffiti girl is almost unimaginable. In Graffiti
Grrlz, Jessica Nydia Pabon-Colon interrupts this stereotype and
introduces us to the world of women graffiti artists. Drawing on
the lives of over 100 women in 23 countries, Pabon-Colon argues
that graffiti art is an unrecognized but crucial space for the
performance of feminism. She demonstrates how it builds communities
of artists, reconceptualizes the Hip Hop masculinity of these
spaces, and rejects notions of "girl power." Graffiti Grrlz also
unpacks the digital side of Hip Hop graffiti subculture and
considers how it widens the presence of the woman graffiti artist
and broadens her networks, which leads to the formation of all-girl
graffiti crews or the organization of all-girl painting sessions. A
rich and engaging look at women artists in a male-dominated
subculture, Graffiti Grrlz reconsiders the intersections of
feminism, hip hop, and youth performance and establishes graffiti
art as a game that anyone can play.
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