Somers-Willett, Susan B. A.,  1973- <br/><br/>
The cultural politics of slam poetry :  race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / 
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett. 
 - Ann Arbor :  University of Michigan Press,  c2009. 
 - xi, 191 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009004564 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Performance poetry--History and criticism.--United States<br/>American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Race in literature.<br/>Identity (Psychology) in literature.<br/>Oral interpretation of poetry.<br/>Poetry slams--History.--United States<br/>Poetry--Political aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4151  / .S67 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.5/45