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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782560303321

Autore

Amato Joe <1955->

Titolo

Industrial poetics [[electronic resource] ] : demo tracks for a mobile culture / / Joe Amato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58729-704-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Contemporary North American poetry series

Disciplina

801

Soggetti

Poetry

Poetry - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ~ Construction Note; Acknowledgments; How to Tell the Difference between Life and Art: A Grant Proposal (Take 1); Track 1; Industrial Poetics: A Chautauqua Multiplex in Fits and Starts; How to Tell the Difference between Life and Art: A Grant Proposal (Take 3); Track 2; Technical Ex-Communication: How a Former Professional EngineerBecomes a Former English Professor; How to Tell the Difference between Life and ArtA Grant Proposal (Take 3); Track 3; Labor, Manufacturing, Workplace, Community:Four Conclusions in Search of an Ending; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through a dizzying array of references to subjects ranging from engineering to poetry, on-the-job experiences in academia and industry, conflicts between working-class and intellectual labor, the privatization of universities, and the contradictions of the modern environment, Joe Amato's Industrial Poetics mounts a boisterous call for poetry communities to be less invested in artistic self-absorption and more concerned about social responsibility.