The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett
- Author
- Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-
- Published
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- xi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Introduction. Slam and the Search for Poetry's Great Audience -- Ch. 1. On Page and Stage: Slam Poetry as a Genre -- Ch. 2. Poetry and the People: The Cultural Tensions of American Popular Verse in Performance -- Ch. 3. I Sing the Body Authentic: Slam Poetry and the Cultural Politics of Performing Identity -- Ch. 4. "Commercial Niggas Like Me": Spoken Word Poetry, Hip-Hop, and the Racial Politics of Going Mainstream -- Epilogue: "Designs for Living"-Notes on the Future of Slam Poetry -- Appendix -- Document 1: The Official Rules of National Poetry Slam Competition -- Document 2: The Official National Poetry Slam "Emcee Spiel" -- Document 3: The Official National Poetry Slam Instructions for Judges.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index.
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