The cultural politics of slam poetry [electronic resource] : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
By: Somers-Willett, Susan B. A.
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BookPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009Description: xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Performance poetry -- United States -- History and criticism | American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Race in literature | Identity (Psychology) in literature | Oral interpretation of poetry | Poetry slams -- United States -- History | Poetry -- Political aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 808.5/45 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
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.
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