A Matter of Life and Def
Poetic Knowledge and the Organic Intellectuals in Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 5813630 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Anthony Blacksher (Dartmouth College, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2019 |
| Data de publicação | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | THESIS |
| Editora | Claremont Colleges Library (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5642/cguetd/148 |
| OpenAlex | W3006826956 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
This dissertation unpacks the poetry, performances, and the production of Def Poetry Jam to explore how a performative art embodied and confronted racial discourses, including stereotypes and also, addressed the racism, patriotism, and imperialist discourses that circulated after 9/11. Def Poetry Jam contributes to the intellectual capacity of spoken word and performance poetry, and poets as intellectuals, where poets produce and disseminate knowledge, ideas, and data, in the form of narratives, that contribute to critical consciousness. The effectiveness of the series lay in the consistent blurring of entertainment, knowledge, anti-capitalism, and capitalism. This research demonstrates how Def Poetry Jam provided organic intellectuals, through poetry, a space to name the pain of history, demonstrate pleasure amid structural inequality, and to imagine themselves in liberatory ways
Patriotism · Performative utterance · Spoken word · Critical Race Theory in Education · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |