Texts in performance : identity, interaction and influence in U.K. and U.S. poetry slam discourses

This thesis aims to provide a close analysis of poetry slam in the United Kingdom and United States, using the tools of ethnography and discourse analysis to produce an in-depth account, which is sensitive to the discursively constructed, situated meanings of slam participants. The aim is to explore...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregory, Helen Fiona
Other Authors: Davie, Grace
Published: University of Exeter 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546961