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1477327673 pdf WinnerVisual Communication Division Outstanding Book Award, National Communication Association (NCA) How a city government in central Mexico evolved from waging war on graffiti in the early 2000s to sanctioning its creation a decade later, and how youth navigated these changing conditions for producing art. The local government, residents, and media outlets in Len, Mexico, treated graffiti as a disease until the state began sponsoring artistic graffiti through a program of its own. In Voices in Aerosol, the first book-length study of state-sponsored graffiti, Caitlin Frances Bruce considers the changing perceptions and recognition of graffiti artists, their right to the city, and the use of public space over the span of eighteen years (20002018). Focusing on the midsized city of Len, Bruce offers readers a look at the way negotiations with the neoliberal state unfolded at different levels and across decades. Read more