Joe Austin

  • Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of History

Selected Publications

Austin, Joe A. “From the City Walls to “Clean Trains”: Graffiti in New York City, 1969-1990” Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art Routledge. (2016).
Austin, Joe A. “Three Short Essays for Athens” No Respect: Graffiti and Street Art at the Onassis Cultural Centre Ed. Karra, Marilena V., and currator, exhibition. (2014).
Austin, Joe A. “We Built the City Walls” Blek Le Rat San Francisco, CA: Art Publishing LTD. (2011): 9-13.
Austin, Joe A. “More to see than a canvas in a white cube: For an art in the street” City 14.1 (2010): 21-35.
Austin, Joe A. “Graffiti, Gender, and Youth (20th c.)” Childern and Youth in History Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. (2008).
Austin, Joe A. “Rome is Burning (Psychedelic): Traces of the Social and Historical Contexts of Psychedelia” Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era Ed. Grunenberg, Christoph. London: Tate Publishing. (2005): 189-196.
Austin, Joe A. “Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context” Urban Studies 41.1 Oxford: Blackwell. (2004): 235-236.
Austin, Joe A. “Wallbangin’: Graffiti and Gangs in L.A” American Ethnologist 29.2 (2004): 450-451.
Austin, Joe A. “Youth Culture” Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society 3. Ed. Fass, Paula. New York City, NY: MacMillan Reference. (2004): 910-916.
Austin, Joe A. “Gangs” American Boyhood: An Encyclopedia 1. Ed. Clement, Priscilla F., and Reinier, Jacqueline S. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. (2001): 306-311.
Austin, Joe A. “Graffiti” American Boyhood: An Encyclopedia 1. Ed. Clement, Priscilla F., and Reinier, Jacqueline S. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. (2001): 315-320.
Austin, Joe A. “Graffiti” American Girlhood: An Encyclopedia 1. Ed. Formanek-Brunell, Miriam. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. (2001): 342-350.
Austin, Joe A., and Willard, Michael N. “Angels of History, Demons of Culture” Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth Century America Ed. Austin, Joe, and Willard, Michael N. New York City, NY: New York University Press. (1998).
Austin, Joe A. “Knowing Their Place: Local Knowledge, Social Prestige, and the Writing Formation in New York City” Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth Century America Ed. Austin, Joe, and Willard, Michael N. New York City, NY: New York University Press. (1998): 240-255.

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