The cultural politics of slam poetry
Subtitle: race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America
By: Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780472070596; 9780472050598
Subjects: 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 and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: slam and the search for poetry's great audience; title: On page and stage: slam poetry as a genre; title: Poetry and the people: the cultural tensions of American popular verse in performance; title: I sing the body authentic: slam poetry and the cultural politics of performing identity; title: "Commercial niggas like me": spoken word poetry, hip-hop, and the racial politics of going mainstream.