
Street Art and Activism in the Greater Caribbean
Impossible States, Virtual Publics
- 226 pages
- English
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Street Art and Activism in the Greater Caribbean
Impossible States, Virtual Publics
About this book
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.
Jana Evans Braziel launches a comparative study of art, politics, history, urban street cultures, engaged citizenships, and social transformations in three Antillean capital citiesâHavana, Cuba; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and San Juan, Puerto Ricoâof the Greater Caribbean. The book includes a photo documentary archive of street art, murals, and installations by key muralists in these cities: Yulier Rodriguez PĂ©rez, "Jerry" Rosembert MoĂŻse, and Colectivo MorivivĂ (Chachi GonzĂĄlez ColĂłn, Raysa RodrĂguez GarcĂa, and SalomĂ© CortĂ©s). Braziel offers art historical and geopolitical analyses of the urban street art in their cities of production, underscoring street art as political, economic, and environmental engagements (and not as exclusively aesthetic ones) with urban space and street life.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Caribbean studies, Latin American studies, and urban studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 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 âImpossible Statesâ
- Bibliography
- Index