{"product_id":"aestheticizing-public-space-street-visual-politics-in-east-asian-cities-9781783204533","title":"Aestheticizing Public Space: Street Visual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA photo collage of past and present street visuals in Asia, \u003cem\u003eAestheticizing Public Space\u003c\/em\u003e explores the domestic, regional and global nexus of East Asian cities through their graffiti, street art and other visual forms in public space. Attempting to unfold the complex positions of these images in the urban spatial politics of their respective regions, Lu Pan explores how graffiti in East Asia reflects the relationship between aesthetics and politics. The book situates itself in a contested dynamic relationship among human bodies, visual modernity, social or moral norms, styles, and historical experiences and narratives. On a broader level, this book aims to shed light on how aesthetics and politics are mobilized in different contested spaces and media forms, in which the producer and the spectator change and exchange their identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Carnival on the Street—Visual Order and its (Pseudo-)Reversion \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: A Twisted Carnival: State-Sponsored Graffiti in China \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Writing at the End of History: Reflections on Two Cases of Graffiti in Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart II: Aura on (and beyond) the Street—Body, Community, and Media \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Trans-spatial Images: Traveling Graffiti (Art) and the Possibility of Resistance in Chinese Urban Space \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Eloquence of Silent Speech: JR in East Asia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart III: Dissensus on the Street—Aesthetics, Politics, and Public Space \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Spectacle of Democracy: Violence, Language, and Dissensus in the Case of Anti-war Graffiti in Tokyo \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Nation’s Shame? Seoul’s Rat Graffiti Incident at the 2010 G-20 Summit\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Creativity on the Street—Visual Narratives of East Asian Creative Cities \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Art, Urban Space, and Governance: Street Mural and “Legal Wall” in Japan \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Marginality as Centrality: The “Seoul Urban Art Project” and AGIT in Busan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSpecial Chapter: Voices from the Street—Interviews with Street Visual Producers in East Asia \u003cbr\u003e Interview with VERY \u003cbr\u003e Interview with Garoo \u003cbr\u003e Interview with Zyko (Beijing) \u003cbr\u003e Interview with Ken Lee @Dirty Panda \u003cbr\u003e Interview with Friendly @Invasian \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042263204183,"sku":"9781783204533","price":36.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783204533.jpg?v=1750953680","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aestheticizing-public-space-street-visual-politics-in-east-asian-cities-9781783204533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}