American poetry in performance : from Walt Whitman to hip hop /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoffman, Tyler
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Performance poetry > United States > History and criticism.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
American poetry > History and criticism.
American poetry > African American authors > History and criticism.
Poetry slams > United States > History.
Poésie-performance > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Poésie > Lecture publique.
Poésie américaine > Histoire et critique.
Poésie américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Slam > États-Unis > Histoire.
American poetry
American poetry > African American authors
Oral interpretation of poetry
Performance poetry
Poetry slams
Languages & Literatures.
Literature - General.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Walt Whitman "live": performing the public sphere
  • The ordeal of Vachel Lindsay, or the cultural politics of the spoken word
  • "The Black man speaks": Langston Hughes, the new Negro, and the sounds of citizenship
  • Beat acoustics, presence, and resistance
  • "Rappin' and readin'": the frequencies of the Black arts
  • Slam nation: immediacy, mediatization, and the counterpublic sphere.

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