02104nam a22004214a 4500 ebr10406918 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090212s2009 miua sb s001 0 eng 2009004564 9780472070596 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472070592 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472050598 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0472050591 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)654103844 n-us--- PN4151 .S67 2009eb 808.5/45 22 Somers-Willett, Susan B. A., 1973- The cultural politics of slam poetry [electronic resource] : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009. xi, 191 p. : ill. 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. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10406918 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 184347 184347