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Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York

Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York

by Castleman (Author)

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    Paperback 1984

    $50.16
Synopsis

Getting Up is the term used by graffiti artists to describe their success in making their mark on the New York subway system. Through candid interviews, New Yorker Craig Castleman documents the inside story of the lives and activities of these young graffitists.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 212
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 01 Jan 1984
ISBN 10: 0262530511
ISBN 13: 9780262530514
Book Overview: The presence of graffiti is a constant reminder that we have lost control of our environment and an intrusion on the privacy of our riders. Given these circumstances, any thorough study into the root causes of this unwelcome element, such as Mr. Castleman's book, should prove helpful. -- Arthur G. Perfall, Assistant Executive Director for Public Affairs This book is the first and only study of a subculture which has spread its mark all over the city. It tells us about a world that sets its stamp upon urban culture, but one about which most of us know little. No one has really penetrated this culture before... Castleman worked on this for years, and has produced a book which, to my mind, deserves to stand with Whyte's Street Corner Society and Liebow's Tally's Corner. The main virtue of the book is describing who these people are, how they get recruited, how they work, what motivates them, how they relate themselves to school, society, policy, what they think they are trying to achieve in Getting Up-- that is, marking the cars. -- Nathan Glazer, Professor of Education, Harvard

Media Reviews
A concise descriptive history of subway graffiti...well organized, informative and well illustrated....No matter if one judges subway graffiti to be art or pollution, one comes away from Getting Up admiring the ingenuity of the young writers. -Robert R. Harris, The New York Times Book Review
A concise descriptive history of subway graffiti...well organized, informative and well illustrated....No matter if one judges subway graffiti to be art or pollution, one comes away from Getting Up admiring the ingenuity of the young writers. -Robert R. Harris, The New York Times Book Review * Reviews *