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The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry
How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?
Anarchism and Art
Situated at the intersection of anarchist and democratic theory, Anarchism and Art focuses on four popular art forms—DIY (Do It Yourself) punk music, poetry slam, graffiti and street art, and flash mobs—found in the cracks between dominant political, economic, and cultural institutions and on the margins of mainstream neoliberal society. Mark Mattern interprets these popular art forms in terms of core anarchist values of autonomy, equality, decentralized and horizontal forms of power, and direct action by common people, who refuse the terms offered them by neoliberalism while creating practical alternatives. As exemplars of central anarchist principles and commitments, such forms of popular art, he argues, prefigure deeper forms of democracy than those experienced by most people in today's liberal democracies. That is, they contain hints of future, more democratic possibilities, while modeling in the present the characteristics of those more democratic possibilities. Providing concrete evidence that progressive change is both desirable and possible, they also point the way forward.
Doing Democracy
Demonstrates how activists and others use art and popular culture to strive for a more democratic future. Doing Democracy examines the potential of the arts and popular culture to extend and deepen the experience of democracy. Its contributors address the use of photography, cartooning, memorials, monuments, poetry, literature, music, theater, festivals, and parades to open political spaces, awaken critical consciousness, engage marginalized groups in political activism, and create new, more democratic societies. This volume demonstrates how ordinary people use the creative and visionary capacity of the arts and popular culture to shape alternative futures. It is unique in its insistence tha...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry
You're no idiot, of course. You've heard about slam poetry. Maybe you've even been to a few slams and had a blast. But when it comes to actually getting up onstage yourself, you come down with a bad case of stage fright ... Shatter your fears with the right information. Take some tips from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry -- and you'll be a slammin' poet in no time at all. Book jacket.
My Nature is Hunger
Award-winning Latino author Luis J. Rodríguez stuns with My Nature is Hunger. The collection features 26 new poems that reflect Rodríguez's increasingly global view, his hard-won spirituality, and his movement toward reconciliation with his family and his past, as well as selections from his previous books, Poems Across the Pavement, The Concrete River, and Trochemoche.
Contemporary Authors
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Teaching the Neglected "R"
A collection of essays in which leading scholars explore the new realities of writing instruction in the twenty-first century, discussing how new advances in technology have influenced the field and describing new strategies for connecting with learners at all levels.
Straight Power Concepts in the Middle East
A highly accessible introduction to the history of US foreign policy in the Middle East and why it remains deeply significant in the present day.
Italian Americana
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