Spoken word in the UK / edited by Lucy English and Jack McGowan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

English, Lucy, editor.

McGowan, Jack, 1989- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken word poetry, English--History and criticism.

Spoken word poetry, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages) : illustrations (black and white

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Section 1 Background to spoken word in the UK p. 15

1 Biting back against the Fascist Octopus: the story of Apples and Snakes p. 17 / Russell Thompson

2 Suffering fools: the survival and adaptation of British absurd, comic, and satirical traditions in the era of poetry slams p. 27 / Steve Larkin

3 Black Country, Ay We - voices from post-industrial Britain p. 41 / Emma Purshouse and R. M. Francis

4 The New October Poets p. 51 / Adrian Johnson

5 Glasgow, Scotland and spoken word from 1986 to 2018 p. 63 / Jim Ferguson

6 A critical account of the development of spoken word events and settings in Wales in collaboration with partners in Sweden and Ireland p. 75 / Mel Perry and Dominic Williams

7 The democracy of poetry: the Bristol spoken word scene p. 88 / Lucy English

Section 2 Audience and performer p. 107

8 The spoken word experience: affect transmission in contemporary performance poetry p. 109 / Jack McGowan

9 The limitations of the page/stage dichotomy: examining the page/stage divide p. 122 / Niall O'Sullivan

10 Exploring the relationship between audience and performer, the implications of the affective turn in reader-response and the emancipation of the passive spectator p. 133 / Scott Martingell

11 'Speak your truth': authenticity in UK spoken word poetry p. 142 / Katie Ailes

12 Audience as co-author: poet-audience relationship in performance poetry p. 154 / Lauren McNamara

13 Listen to me! The moral value of the poetry performance space p. 166 / Karen Simecek

14 Audience and performer responses to performing 1-2-1 and intimate poetry p. 178 / Debra Watson

Section 3 Cultural exchange p. 191

15 Poetic Orality in working-class culture 1840-1870 p. 193 / Simon Rennie

16 She Grrrowls: feminism in contemporary spoken word p. 207 / Carmina Masoliver

17 Playing for affect in counterpublics: an interdisciplinary investigation into the transformative potential of spoken word hybridity p. 221 / Katy Wareham Morris

18 The metic experience of the Black British Writer: challenging the margins p. 235 / Nick Makoha

19 Overthrowing societal norms through the spoken word: Benjamin Zephaniah's dub poetry in City Psalms p. 246 / Ian Hickey

20 The impact of Malika's Poetry Kitchen on the UK poetry scene p. 260 / Sundra Lawrence

Section 4 Styles and techniques p. 277

21 Fish out of water or creative chameleon? Spoken word as a form of social mobility p. 279 / Kate Fox

22 Style and technique in spoken word p. 292 / David Hubble

23 British, spoken word voice p. 306 / Hannah Silva

24 I thought I was just coming to watch: audience participation in spoken word performance p. 322 / Rose Condo

Section 5 Pedagogy of spoken word p. 335

25 How can developing an Overarching Pedagogical Metaphor defining my own poetics, aid my teaching of creative writing and 'Spoken Word Education'? p. 337 / Amy Neilson Smith

26 Spoken word education: the role of a spoken word educator: pitfalls and possibilities p. 351 / Sara Hirsch

27 Searching for consistency: applying Reflective Equilibrium to performance poetry criticism p. 363 / Ross McFarlane and Bibi June Schwithal

28 Spoken word as therapy and power p. 375 / Jhilmil Breckenridge

29 Intersections between spoken word in the UK and US: a nexus in dialogue p. 383 / Helen Johnson and Jacob Sam-La Rose

Section 6 Publicity and distribution p. 397

30 Speaking with machines and machines that speak: spoken word and digital performance poetry p. 399 / David Devanny

31 The capital of culture and the culture of capital: the controversy of commerce in spoken word p. 411 / Peter Bearder

32 Poetry slam in the UK p. 423 / Toby Campion

33 More show, less tell? How do we talk about spoken word now that it is working on a theatre stage? p. 437 / Sharon Clark and Ruth Stacey

34 Spoken word in print: instant coffee: a conversation with Clive Birnie from Burning Eye Books p. 449 / Clive Birnie and Lucy English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Online version: Spoken word in the UK

ISBN:

9781000373998

1000373991

Publisher Number:

40030723751

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