The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America /
"The cultural phenomenon known as slam poetry was born some twenty years ago in white working-class Chicago barrooms. Since then, the raucous competitions have spread internationally, launching a number of annual tournaments, inspiring a generation of young poets, and spawning a commercial empi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Anthropology series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.