Javon Johnson

Killing Poetry

Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities

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Produktbeschreibung

Killing Poetry examines the performance of race as it relates to gender, sexuality, and class in the spoken word communities of Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Javon Johnson, a renowned slam poet himself, focuses on how slam poets navigate the diverse poetry scenes in which they perform, as part of the larger world they encounter as Black Americans.   

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780813580029
• ISBN-10: 0813580021
• Artikelnr.: 45800852

Autorenporträt

Johnson, Javon

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Let The Slam Begin: History, Method, and Beyond
2 “This DPL, Come On!”: Black Manhood in the Los Angeles Slam and Spoken
Word Scene
3 SlamMasters: Toward Creative and Transformative Justice
4 Button Up: Viral Poetry and Rethinking the Archives
5 Conclusion: “That Is the Slam, Everybody”
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Index
References