The cultural politics of slam poetry race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America /

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Autor Principal: Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
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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.