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Voices in Aerosol: Youth Culture, Institutional Attunement, and Graffiti in Urban Mexico
Hardcover
Series: Visualidades: Studies in Latin American Visual History
Caribbean, Latin American & South American ArtGeneral Art InstructionMexican History
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ISBN13: 9781477327678
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: Jan 9 2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
2024 Visual Communication Division Award, National Communication Association
2025 Philosophy of Communication, Theory, and Critique Division Distinguished Book Award, National Communication Association
2025 Winans-Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association
How a city government in central Mexico evolved from waging war on graffiti in the early 2000s to sanctioning its creation a decade later, and how youth navigated these changing conditions for producing art.
The local government, residents, and media outlets in León, Mexico, treated graffiti as a disease until the state began sponsoring artistic graffiti through a program of its own. In Voices in Aerosol, the first book-length study of state-sponsored graffiti, Caitlin Frances Bruce considers the changing perceptions and recognition of graffiti artists, their right to the city, and the use of public space over the span of eighteen years (2000-2018). Focusing on the midsized city of León, Bruce offers readers a look at the way negotiations with the neoliberal state unfolded at different levels and across decades.
Issues brought to light in this case study, such as graffiti as a threat and graffiti as a sign of gentrification, resonate powerfully with those germane to other urban landscapes throughout the Western Hemisphere and beyond. Combining archival work, interviews, considerations of urban planning, local politics in Mexico, and insights gained by observing graffiti events and other informal artistic encounters, Bruce offers a new lens through which to understand the interplay between sanctioned and unsanctioned forms of cultural expression. Ultimately, Voices in Aerosol builds a strong case for graffiti as a contested tool for voicing public demands.
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