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The cultural politics of slam poetry race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / by Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-

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.…”
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