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Author:

Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)306798187

LCCN:

2009004564

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)