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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"spoken word poetry"”.
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Exploring active citizenship through spoken word poetry
… youth's active participation in formal politics. Spoken word poetry as an applied drama and theatre medium is of particular interest to this study and it argues that the art form can be used as a means of youth development in the area of formal politics. To illustrate its argument, the …
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Understanding Experiences of High School Student Spoken Word Poetry Mentors of Color in a Large Midwest Urban District
… mentors of color working in an elementary spoken word poetry and performance after-school program in an urban Midwest district. More specifically the study investigates how the experiences of mentors of color in the program impacts their own academic achievement in school, their …
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"My Voice Rises on the Mic": a New Artographic Spoken Word Poetry Programme Portraying Two Young Offenders' Artistic Ways of Being in a Macedonian Prison
A vibrant live performance, spoken word poetry has enhanced people’s lives worldwide. Yet, it continues to be underrepresented among arts programmes in prison. Research interest in the arts resurfaced with the narrative and desistance criminological turn to study how the stories offenders tell …
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A case study of Tracie Morris's Project Princess
In this study, I explore the intertextuality in spoken word poetry using Tracie Morris’s spoken word poem Project Princess (1998) as a case study. My hypothesis is that the intertextuality in spoken word poetry is derived from its genealogical contributions. Using narrative inquiry, I investigate …
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Her Body Breathes Into Mine
<p>This collection of poetry highlights the complex human experience of what it means to be a woman who loves women. Adding to the discourse of lesbian poetry, within spoken word poetry and for-the-page poetry, these poems doubly voice silenced perspectives and identities. A large portion of the …
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The evolved radical feminism of spoken word : Alix Olson, C.C. Carter, and Suheir Hammad
… of power. However, several contemporary feminist spoken word poets are reconceptualizing radical feminism in their political projects, using the theories and activist strategies while paying attention to race, class, and sexuality. This piece traces some of the history and literature of radical …
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Mira Muchacha: The Latinx Bildungsroman in Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X
… teenager living in Harlem who discovers spoken word poetry as an outlet to navigate the world around her. Xiomara’s journey illustrates what some children of immigrants and Latinxs struggle with: the stress of dissonant family expectations and ill-fitting parent country traditions; the …
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"This is a Public Record": Teaching Human Rights Through The Performing Arts
… theatrical vignettes, multi-media, music, dance, spoken word poetry, and raps. The data reflected that learning about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) through performance arts provided a transformative experience for teachers and students and achieved the goals of HRE.</p> …
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Being in Deep, Authentic, Dramatic Celebration: Narratives of Community Cultural Workers for Social Change
… in artistic and sovereignty endeavors practice spoken word poetry, circus arts, public mural arts, contemporary dance and choreography, or self-determination community organizing.</p> <p>My participant-narrators were eight cultural workers who taught in successful educational initiatives during …
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A Matter of Life and Def: Poetic Knowledge and the Organic Intellectuals in Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry
<p>This dissertation unpacks the poetry, performances, and the production of <em>Def Poetry Jam</em> 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. …