The cultural politics of slam poetry [electronic resource] : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.
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.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
