Graffiti, Ban or Boon? A Bakhtinian Appreciation of Selected Latrinalia from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
This article explores the messages that are created and expressed in alternative and generally informal platforms in response to the cultural practice of tabooing certain themes and language usage in the presentation and sharing of feelings and ideas about such themes. Graffiti and the carnivalesque...
| Publicado en: | Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 35; no. 5/6; pp. 164 - 179 |
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