02073nam a22004094a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020003800187020003500225040002100260035002100281043001200302050002400314082001700338100004000355245016200395260005500557300002300612504006400635505033200699533015201031650006201183650005801245650002401303650004101327650003501368650004201403650004601445655002901491710001701520856012601537ebr10406918CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090212s2009    miua    sb   s001 0 eng    z  2009004564  z9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)654103844  an-us---14aPN4151b.S67 2009eb04a808.5/452221 aSomers-Willett, Susan B. A.,d1973-14aThe cultural politics of slam poetryh[electronic resource] :brace, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America /cSusan B. A. Somers-Willett.  aAnn Arbor :bUniversity of Michigan Press,cc2009.  axi, 191 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.0 aOn 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPerformance poetryzUnited StatesxHistory and criticism. 0aAmerican poetryy20th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aRace in literature. 0aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 0aOral interpretation of poetry. 0aPoetry slamszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPoetryxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10406918zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view