Aestheticizing Public Space : Street Visual Politics in East Asian Cities.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Carnival on the Street-Visual Order and its (Pseudo-)Reversion -- Chapter 1: A Twisted Carnival: State-Sponsored Graffiti in China -- Chapter 2: Writing at the End of History: Reflections on Two Cases of Graffiti in Hong Kong -- Part II: Aura on (and beyond) the Street-Body, Community, and Media -- Chapter 3: Trans-spatial Images: Traveling Graffiti (Art) and the Possibility of Resistance in Chinese Urban Space -- Chapter 4: Eloquence of Silent Speech: JR in East Asia -- Part III: Dissensus on the Street-Aesthetics, Politics, and Public Space -- Chapter 5: The Spectacle of Democracy: Violence, Language, and Dissensus in the Case of Anti-war Graffiti in Tokyo -- Chapter 6: The Nation's Shame? Seoul's Rat Graffiti Incident at the 2010 G-20 Summit -- Part IV: Creativity on the Street-Visual Narratives of East Asian Creative Cities 143 -- Chapter 7: Art, Urban Space, and Governance: Street Mural and "Legal Wall" in Japan -- Chapter 8: Marginality as Centrality: The "Seoul Urban Art Project" and AGIT in Busan -- Special Chapter: Voices from the Street-Interviews with Street Visual Producers in East Asia 1 -- Interview with VERY -- Interview with Garoo -- Interview with Zyko (Beijing) -- Interview with Ken Lee @Dirty Panda -- Interview with Friendly @Invasian -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.

A photo-collage of past and present street visuals in Asia, Aestheticizing Public Space explores the domestic, regional, and global nexus of East Asian cities through their graffiti, street art, and other visual forms in public space.

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