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American poetry in performance : from Walt Whitman to hip hop / Tyler Hoffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffman, Tyler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performance poetry--United States--History and criticism.
- Performance poetry.
- Oral interpretation of poetry.
- American poetry--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
- Poetry slams--United States--History.
- Poetry slams.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Performance poetry, identity, and nationality throughout American history.
- Contents:
- ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Walt Whitman "Live": Performing the Public Sphere""; ""Chapter 2 - The Ordeal of Vachel Lindsay, or The Cultural Politics of the Spoken Word""; ""Chapter 3 - " The Black Man Speaks": Langston Hughes, the New Negro, and the Sounds of Citizenship""; ""Chapter 4 - Beat Acoustics, Presence, and Resistance""; ""Chapter 5 - "Rappin' and Readin' ": The Frequencies of the Black Arts""; ""Chapter 6 - Slam Nation: Immediacy, Mediatization, and the Counterpublic Sphere""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472029631
- 0472029630
- OCLC:
- 932325310
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