Abstract

MOTTA COSTA, Ana Paula  and  FAVRETTO GUIMARAES, Gabriela. Graffiti and Delinquent Subculture: Similarities and Differences. Opin. jurid. [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.39, pp.331-348. ISSN 1692-2530.  https://doi.org/10.22395/ojum.v19n39a14.

The practice of graffiti is the object of the most varied considerations, which discuss its artistic value, its potential as a means of communication and expression of groups of marginalized individuals and, especially, its illegality. One of the theoretical constructions most adopted when dealing with graffiti is that of delinquent subcultures, however, there is a lack of detailed analysis about the adequacy of classificating graffiti as such. With that in mind, we confront the classically defined characteristics as belonging to delinquent subcultures with information about graffiti coming from areas such as communication, arts and sociology, seeking to identify their correspondences and distancings. It can be seen that the correspondences between graffiti and the delinquent subculture are less numerous than their distancings, and also refer to aspects that are not eminently negative, which indicates the need for special attention when graffiti is approached as a delinquente subcultural practice.

Keywords : graffiti; adolescence; delinquent subculture.

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