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

By: Publication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.Description: xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.5/45 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4151 .S67 2009
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN4151 .S67 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001113991

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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