TY  - BOOK
AU  - Somers-Willett,Susan
TI  - The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America
T2  - Anthropology Series
SN  - 9780472027088
AV  - PN4151 
U1  - 808.5/45 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Geertz, Clifford
KW  - Culture
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- 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
N2  - How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3414916
ER  -