TY  - BOOK
AU  - Somers-Willett,Susan B.A.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The cultural politics of slam poetry: race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America 
AV  - PN4151 .S67 2009eb
U1  - 808.5/45 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Performance poetry
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - American poetry
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Race in literature
KW  - Identity (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Oral interpretation of poetry
KW  - Poetry slams
KW  - History
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10406918
ER  -