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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
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 States.
Physical Description:xi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: slam and the search for poetry's great audience
  • 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.