Radical Communications - Rebellious Expressions on Urban Walls (Hardcover)

Radical Communications explores unauthorized messages we see in the cities we live in and their impact on the construction of social reality. Michael Tsangaris treats the city as a text and examines the political slogans, graffiti, and street art of Athens as complex visual signs in an alternative communication system. He argues that the legitimacy, aesthetic value, and social acceptability of these expressions depend on the time, place, and social group or individual that interprets them. Finally, his analysis reveals the contradictory character of the contemporary city. It shows a city of social inequalities, cultural diversity, multinational encounters; of conflicts between age groups and political, economic, and epidemic crises; a city of one-dimensional thinking, apathy, and consumer fetishism but also a city that aspires to the dream of a better society and holds utopian promise.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Michael Tsangaris
Dimensions:	227 x 161 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-1-79360-856-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Promotions
LSN:	1-79360-856-3
Barcode:	9781793608567

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