The cultural politics of slam poetry [electronic resource] : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
2009
PN4151 .S67 2009eb
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The cultural politics of slam poetry [electronic resource] : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
ISBN
9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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PN4151 .S67 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.5/45
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
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Table of Contents
On page and stage: slam poetry as a genre
Poetry and the people: the cultural tensions of American popular verse in performance
I sing the body authentic: slam poetry and the cultural politics of performing identity
"Commercial niggas like me": spoken word poetry, hip-hop, and the racial politics of going mainstream.
Poetry and the people: the cultural tensions of American popular verse in performance
I sing the body authentic: slam poetry and the cultural politics of performing identity
"Commercial niggas like me": spoken word poetry, hip-hop, and the racial politics of going mainstream.