Graffiti Grrlz
Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2244663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e8-e8 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sf/soz176 |
| OpenAlex | W2912353588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Since the dawn of Hip Hop graffiti writing on the streets of Philadelphia and New York City in the late 1960s, writers have anonymously inscribed their tag names on trains, buildings, and bridges. Passersby are left to imagine who the author might be, and, despite the artists' anonymity, graffiti subculture is seen as a boys club, where the presence of the graffiti girl is almost unimaginable. Jessica Nydia Pabon-Colon interrupts this stereotype and introduces us to the world of women graffiti artists. Drawing on the lives of over 100 women in 23 countries, Pabon-Colon argues that graffiti art is an unrecognized but crucial space for the performance of feminism. She demonstrates how it builds communities of artists, reconceptualizes the Hip Hop masculinity of these spaces, and rejects notions of girl power. 'Graffiti Grrlz' also unpacks the digital side of Hip Hop graffiti subculture and considers how it widens the presence of the woman graffiti artist and broadens her networks, which leads to the formation of all-girl graffiti crews or the organization of all-girl painting sessions
Aesthetics · Art · Diaspora · Ethnography · Feminism · Graffiti · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Anthropology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Gender Studies · Law · Public Spaces through Art
Mapeamento De Graffiti Feitos Por Mulheres No Centro Do Rio De Janeiro
Out in the Streets
Where the #bgirls at? politics of (in)visibility in breaking culture
Lisa M, 'La primera rapera mujer de Puerto Rico y de Latinoamérica', and Early 1990s Feminist Puerto Rican Hip-Hop Culture
Mobility, Ephemerality and Tourist Economies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |