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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785281803321

Autore

Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973->

Titolo

Geertz and culture / / Kenneth A. Rice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c1980

ISBN

1-282-70355-2

9786612703553

0-472-02708-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages)

Collana

Anthropology series

Imprint series

Disciplina

301.2

Soggetti

Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: pages 251-253.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Slam and the Search for Poetry's Great Audience; 1. On Page and Stage: Slam Poetry as a Genre; 2. Poetry and the People: The Cultural Tensions of American Popular Verse in Performance; 3. I Sing the Body Authentic: Slam Poetry and the Cultural Politics of Performing Identity; 4. ""Commercial Niggas Like Me"": Spoken Word Poetry, Hip-Hop, and the Racial Politics of Going Mainstream; Epilogue: ""Designs for Living""-Notes on the Future of Slam Poetry; Appendix; Document 1: The Official Rules of National Poetry Slam Competition

Document 2: The Official National Poetry Slam ""Emcee Spiel"; "Document 3: The Official National Poetry Slam Instructions for Judges; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?