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Author:   Jonathan Skinner (University of Roehampton, UK) ,  Lee Jolliffe (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367218942

ISBN 10:   0367218941
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1. ‘Wall-to-wall coverage': an introduction to murals tourism Jonathan Skinner and Lee Jolliffe Part II: Heritage 2. Heritage murals as tourist attractions in Ravenna, Moldavia and Istanbul: artistic treasures, cultural identities and political statements Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing 3. From ‘sacred images’ to ‘tourist images’? The fourteenth-century frescoes of Santa Croce, Florence Russell Staiff 4. The walls speak. Mexican popular graphics as heritage Martín M. Checa- Artasu 5. Tourism, voyeurism and the media ecologies of Tehran’s mural arts Pamela Karimi Part III: Politics 6. La Carbonería: an alternative transformation of public space Plácido Muñoz Morán 7. Murals as sticking plasters: improving the image of an eastern German city for visitors and residents Gareth E. Hamilton 8. Difference upon the walls: hygienizing policies and the use of graffiti against pixação in São Paulo Paula Larruscahim and Paul Schweizer Part IV: Identity 9. A journey through public art in Douala: framing the identity of New Bell neighbourhood Marta Pucciarelli and Lorenzo Cantoni 10. Visiting murals and healing the past of racial injustice in divided Detroit Deborah Che 11. Visiting murals and grafitti art in Brazil Angela C. Flecha, Cristina Jönsson and D'Arcy Dornan 12. Balancing Uruguayan identity and sustainable economic development through street art María de Miguel Molina, Virginia Santamarina Campos, Blanca de Miguel Molina and Eva Martínez Carazo Part V: Northern Ireland 13. State intervention in re-imaging Northern Ireland’s political murals: implications for tourism and the communities Maria T. Simone-Charteris 14. The Gaeltacht Quarter of Mural City: Irish in Falls Road murals Siun Carden 15. Extra-mural activities and trauma tourism: public and community sector re-imaging of street art in Belfast Katy Radford Part VI: Future Directions 16. Murals as a tool for action research Rebecca Yeo

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Jonathan Skinner is Reader in Social Anthropology in the Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, UK. Lee Jolliffe is Professor of Hospitality and Tourism in the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.

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