Tagging
Deviant behavior or adolescent rites of passage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18949426 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory Hippolyte Brown (Antioch University Santa Barbara, corresponding author), Lisa M Brunelle (Pacifica Graduate Institute), Vikas Malhotra (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 487-501 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x16660852 |
| OpenAlex | W2509323881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
Tagging is a category of graffiti defined as a stylized signature, monogram, word, or name marked on public and private physical spaces. It is an illegal action seen as a disfigurement to many communities, yet it remains a pre-occupation for adolescents worldwide. This theoretical article explores the hidden aspects of taggers and their subculture. We argue that tagging is a ritualistic act that is part of a psychological growth process suggestive of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner’s research on traditional rites of passage practices. We use the developmental theories of Winnicott and Erikson to investigate how these rites of passage experiences are integrated into the adolescent tagger’s psyche. Graffiti writing gives taggers the freedom to discover different aspects of the self; a dynamic interaction with unconscious processes that mirror traditional rites of passage rituals
Art · Graffiti · Mainstream · Mores · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Unconscious mind · Visual arts · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Urban and sociocultural dynamics
Childhood and society
The ritual process
The Meanings of Graffiti and Municipal Administration
Measuring Identity From an Eriksonian Perspective
Identities and Interactions
Transitional objects and transitional phenomena 1 —a study of the first not-me possession 2
Sociological perspectives on identity formation
Exploring tension and contradictions in youth’s activity of painting graffiti
The Evolution of Eriksonian and, Neo-Eriksonian Identity Theory and Research
The importance of being intuitive
Tagging as a Social Literacy Practice
Racist and Political Extremist Graffiti in Australian Prisons, 1970s to 1990s
Psychopathology of Excitatory and Compulsive Aspects of Vandalistic Graffiti
Writing on the wall
Our desires are ungovernable’
The Handwriting on the Wall
Tearing down the Streets
Drag Me to the Asylum”
The Gang
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
The Ritual Process
The Neighborhood Context of Adolescent Mental Health
Urban Graffiti
The Handwriting on the Wall
Graffiti as Career and Ideology
"The Business of "Getting Up
New writing on the wall
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |