Overview

Effective visual communication has become an essential strategy for grassroots political activists, who use images to publicly express resistance and make their claims visible in the struggle for political power. However, this “aesthetics of resistance” is also employed by political and economic elites for their own purposes, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish from the “aesthetics of rule.” Through illuminating case studies of street art in Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Caracas, and Mexico City, The Aesthetics of Rule and Resistance explores the visual strategies of persuasion and meaning-making employed by both rulers and resisters to foster self-legitimization, identification, and mobilization.

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Author:   Lisa Bogerts
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805397397

ISBN 10:   1805397397
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   01 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Political Power, Visual Communication, and Public Space Chapter 1. From Conceptualizing to Analyzing Visual Power and Resistance Chapter 2. Street Art: A Medium of Visual Political Communication Chapter 3. Setting the Scene: Street Art in Latin American Urban Space Chapter 4. Buenos Aires: “Latin America – Now or Never” Chapter 5. Mexico City: “Another World is Possible” – Democracy, Freedom, Justice Chapter 6. Caracas: “El Comandante” is Present Chapter 7. Bogotá: “Exploitation Ruins Life” Chapter 8. Across the Cities: Strategies of Visual Meaning-Making Conclusions: “The Media Are Theirs, the Walls Are Ours” References Appendix A: Shooting Script for the Photo-Documentation Appendix B: Image Descriptions and Image Sections/Composition from the Detailed Analyses Appendix C: Code Frequencies

Reviews

“This book will be an important intervention into the study of street art in particular, and of public art and artistic activism in general. The author approaches the subject with the rare combination of a scholar’s critical intellect and an artist’s aesthetic eye.” • Stephen Duncombe, New York University “An excellent book that captures the agency of street art interventions. The clear and innovative research methods represent a significant step forward in visual methodology, offering a lucid account of how to understand visual communication.” • Aidan McGarry, Loughborough University

Author Information

Lisa Bogerts is a Berlin-based political scientist, researcher, and editor. Her work focuses on political conflict and protest, visual communication, artistic activism, and power relations.

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