The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry – Race, Identity, and the Performance of P…
The Cultural Politics of Slam PoetryRace, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America\nAuthor(s): Susan Somers-Willett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472050598, 978-0472050598\nSynopsis\n\""For a lucid and thorough 'real-world' analysis of the movement from the ground-up--including its history, aesthetics, and culture, there is surely no better place to start than Somers-Willett's trailblazing book.\"" --- Jerome Sala, Pleiades \""Finally, a clear, accurate, and thoroughly researched examination of slam poetry, a movement begun in 1984 by a mixed bag of nobody poets in Chicago. At conception, slam poetry espoused universal humanistic ideals and a broad spectrum of participants, and especially welcome is the book's analysis of how commercial marketing forces succeeded in narrowing public perception of slam to the factionalized politics of race and identity. The author's.
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