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A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry CommunitiesRapport as Return: Bob Holman, Spoken Word and Bowery Poetry

A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry Communities: Rapport as Return: Bob Holman,... [Burnett uses Bob Holman as a case study that exemplifies, through institutional practice, aesthetics and social causes, the kinship alliances and relational returns involved in much innovative poetic practice. In 2002 Holman founded Bowery Poetry, a centre for slam poetry and spoken word, in New York, and its operations have been largely not-for-profit. Burnett draws on primary research through interviews with Holman and visits to the venue to chart its development. The chapter also explores the aesthetics of spoken word, which rely on human-to-human rapports, and discusses the role of affect, featuring poets Tara Betts and Black Cracker. Burnett explores how slam might be positioned between a gift and market economy, and as part of Holman’s “poetic economy”.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry CommunitiesRapport as Return: Bob Holman, Spoken Word and Bowery Poetry

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
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978-3-319-62294-1
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45 –69
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10.1007/978-3-319-62295-8_3
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[Burnett uses Bob Holman as a case study that exemplifies, through institutional practice, aesthetics and social causes, the kinship alliances and relational returns involved in much innovative poetic practice. In 2002 Holman founded Bowery Poetry, a centre for slam poetry and spoken word, in New York, and its operations have been largely not-for-profit. Burnett draws on primary research through interviews with Holman and visits to the venue to chart its development. The chapter also explores the aesthetics of spoken word, which rely on human-to-human rapports, and discusses the role of affect, featuring poets Tara Betts and Black Cracker. Burnett explores how slam might be positioned between a gift and market economy, and as part of Holman’s “poetic economy”.]

Published: Sep 15, 2017

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