The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett |
Autore | Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
Disciplina | 808.5/45 |
Collana |
Anthropology series
Imprint series |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
1-282-70355-2
9786612703553 0-472-02708-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812712503321 |
Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> | ||
Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geertz and culture / / Kenneth A. Rice |
Autore | Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c1980 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
Disciplina | 301.2 |
Collana |
Anthropology series
Imprint series |
Soggetto topico | Culture |
ISBN |
1-282-70355-2
9786612703553 0-472-02708-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785281803321 |
Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> | ||
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c1980 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Roam [[electronic resource] /] / Susan B.A. Somers-Willett |
Autore | Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (94 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.6 |
Collana | Crab Orchard series in poetry : open competition award |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Thought and thinking |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8093-8818-9
1-299-05073-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; One; Self-Portrait as Interstate 10; Girl, 7, Seeking U.S. Flight Record, Dies in Crash; September in Ohio; A Pain, a Fencepost, a Black-and-White Film; Virginia Dare (i); Where He Lives Rhymes with Rome; Virginia Dare (ii); The Naming of Eve; Heat; Matins; Virginia Dare (iii); Dedications for a Birmingham Clinic; Two Places Where Danger Lives; Virginia Dare (iv); Stella Stella; What the Doctors Forget to Tell You about Morphine; Two; Migration; What's Left; The Gift; Virginia Dare (v); The Boy Who Would Be Achilles
Amanita virosaNotes for Living in NOLA; Ophelia's Technicolor G-String: An Urban Mythology; Who What When; In Memory of a Girl; A Note on the Type; Virginia Dare (vi); Cowboys and Indians; The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body; The Boxer's Wife; Circus Acts; Circe with Her Hair Down; nyctota (Emptiness); After Leaving the House of Minos; Three; Jeanne's Memory; Jeanne Crosses; Jeanne Sleeping; Jeanne in the Country of Lost Things; Jeanne in the Presence of Instruments; Notes; Other Books in the Crab Orchar Series in Poetry; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452779903321 |
Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> | ||
Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Roam [[electronic resource] /] / Susan B.A. Somers-Willett |
Autore | Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (94 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.6 |
Collana | Crab Orchard series in poetry : open competition award |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Thought and thinking |
ISBN |
0-8093-8818-9
1-299-05073-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; One; Self-Portrait as Interstate 10; Girl, 7, Seeking U.S. Flight Record, Dies in Crash; September in Ohio; A Pain, a Fencepost, a Black-and-White Film; Virginia Dare (i); Where He Lives Rhymes with Rome; Virginia Dare (ii); The Naming of Eve; Heat; Matins; Virginia Dare (iii); Dedications for a Birmingham Clinic; Two Places Where Danger Lives; Virginia Dare (iv); Stella Stella; What the Doctors Forget to Tell You about Morphine; Two; Migration; What's Left; The Gift; Virginia Dare (v); The Boy Who Would Be Achilles
Amanita virosaNotes for Living in NOLA; Ophelia's Technicolor G-String: An Urban Mythology; Who What When; In Memory of a Girl; A Note on the Type; Virginia Dare (vi); Cowboys and Indians; The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body; The Boxer's Wife; Circus Acts; Circe with Her Hair Down; nyctota (Emptiness); After Leaving the House of Minos; Three; Jeanne's Memory; Jeanne Crosses; Jeanne Sleeping; Jeanne in the Country of Lost Things; Jeanne in the Presence of Instruments; Notes; Other Books in the Crab Orchar Series in Poetry; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779466003321 |
Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> | ||
Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Roam [[electronic resource] /] / Susan B.A. Somers-Willett |
Autore | Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (94 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.6 |
Collana | Crab Orchard series in poetry : open competition award |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Thought and thinking |
ISBN |
0-8093-8818-9
1-299-05073-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; One; Self-Portrait as Interstate 10; Girl, 7, Seeking U.S. Flight Record, Dies in Crash; September in Ohio; A Pain, a Fencepost, a Black-and-White Film; Virginia Dare (i); Where He Lives Rhymes with Rome; Virginia Dare (ii); The Naming of Eve; Heat; Matins; Virginia Dare (iii); Dedications for a Birmingham Clinic; Two Places Where Danger Lives; Virginia Dare (iv); Stella Stella; What the Doctors Forget to Tell You about Morphine; Two; Migration; What's Left; The Gift; Virginia Dare (v); The Boy Who Would Be Achilles
Amanita virosaNotes for Living in NOLA; Ophelia's Technicolor G-String: An Urban Mythology; Who What When; In Memory of a Girl; A Note on the Type; Virginia Dare (vi); Cowboys and Indians; The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body; The Boxer's Wife; Circus Acts; Circe with Her Hair Down; nyctota (Emptiness); After Leaving the House of Minos; Three; Jeanne's Memory; Jeanne Crosses; Jeanne Sleeping; Jeanne in the Country of Lost Things; Jeanne in the Presence of Instruments; Notes; Other Books in the Crab Orchar Series in Poetry; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818848903321 |
Somers-Willett Susan B. A. <1973-> | ||
Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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