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The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America
- Title
- The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
- Author
- Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973-
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 191 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 09-909
- ISBN
- 9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009004564
- OCLC
- 306798187
- 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.
- Imprint
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 09-909