American poetry in performance : from Walt Whitman to hip hop / Tyler Hoffman.

Author/creator Hoffman, Tyler
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2011.
Description271 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Performance poetry--United States. --History and criticism.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
American poetry--History and criticism.
American poetry--African American authors. --History and criticism.
Poetry slams--United States. --History.

Contents Introduction -- Walt Whitman "live": performing the public sphere -- The ordeal of Vachel Lindsay, or the cultural politics of the spoken word -- "The Black man speaks": Langston Hughes, the new Negro, and the sounds of citizenship -- Beat acoustics, presence, and resistance -- "Rappin' and readin'": the frequencies of the Black arts -- Slam nation: immediacy, mediatization, and the counterpublic sphere.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011014824
ISBN9780472117819 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472117815 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PN4151 .H64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold