Transforming Alyosha into Superman: Invented Traditions and Street Art Subversion in Post-Communist Bulgaria
On June 17th 2011 graffiti artists transformed the West side of the Monument of the Soviet Army (MSA) in Sofia, Bulgaria. MSA comprises part of a spatial environment where the invented traditions of the Bulgarian state interact and compete. The art of provocation challenges those invented traditions...
Main Author: | Bozhin Traykov |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
2014-11-01
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Series: | TranscUlturAl |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/tc/index.php/TC/article/view/23325 |
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