As an inveterate reviser (writing is never done, it's just due), I'm not surprised as I go through a semester and start seeing all sorts of other choices I could have made in designing a course, in selecting topics and readings and emphases and activities and assignments. It happens whether I create a new syllabus in one stressful week or ruminate for months, jotting notes in excited bursts of inspiration and pulling it all together in measured sessions full of careful thought. I don't always remember to document these alternative ideas when they occur, which means I'm not always refining and revising course plans as fruitfully as I might. As an aid to my own distracted memory, then, please enjoy the first installment of a new sometimes-series I'm thinking of as "other courses, other texts." This post features 2 books we're reading for the Spring 2018 graduate seminar "A Social History of Spoken Word Poetry," and an increasing number of books that come to mind as I prepare for our conversation tomorrow. Note: Diana Taylor, author of 2 of the "other texts" below, is a scholar I've mentioned several times in class as we discuss the challenges of generating thick-enough (to paraphrase Geertz) description/representation of performance events to be able to describe and analyze them usefully in our research. Current Course Readings
Resources: Black Vernacular Verbal Performance
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The Dirty Dozens
Collected skits from In Living Color "Daddy Dozens" by Jamila Woods
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The Signifying Monkey
Performed by Rudy Ray Moore "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis
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Relevant Studies
Performance
Diana Taylor, 2016, Duke UP CONTENTS
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Prophets of the Hood:
Politics & Poetics in Hip-Hop Imani Perry, 2004, Duke UP CONTENTS
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The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas
Diana Taylor, Duke UP, 2003 |
After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement
Cheryl Clarke, Rutgers UP, 2004 |
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Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America
Geneva Smitherman, Wayne State UP, 1977 CONTENTS
Some Well-Known Black Proverbs and Sayings Appendix B Get Down Exercise On Black English Sounds Appendix C Black Semantics: A Selected Glossary |
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Love & Theft
Eric Lott, Oxford UP, 1983 CONTENTS
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Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
James Scott, Yale UP, 1992 |
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More on Spanglish...
A Hidden History of Spanglish in California An episode of the podcast The World in Words from PRI (Public Radio International). The Games Black Girls Play.
Kyra Gaunt, NYU Press, 2006 CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
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Spoken word poetry is my favorite thing to do. I love being able to voice out the feelings that I have in my heart. In my opinion, it is because I can do that, that I enjoy life. I want to keep on doing it for as long as I am able. I believe that I can touch a lot of people's hearts as long as I am allowed to pursue my passion for both writing and performing my writing
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Very informative and valuable post. I appreciate the insights! Please keep sharing such helpful content.
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Greetings,
My name is Kenneth Camell ll an Oakland Ca resident and I am a student at Cal Poly Humboldt (online) who is striving to write myself out of poverty.
"The Blues fused the pain and strain
That came from chains
And whips which stripped and stained
The brain and chipped
Away at the self esteem
Of people deemed 3/5 of a human being
So it was best to express the stress
In music and this proved quick
To be therapeutic
There's a dispute it's
Strange since claims
Of this art starts in the 1860s
And this debate seems tricky
Since some say
It wasn't til The 1900s
When W.C Handy's
Band proceeds
To make a tune
Named Memphis Blues
There's no doubt
The Blues originates
From the U.S South
Four of
The places; Carolinas, Georgia
Mississippi and Texas
Respect this
In regard to the art
One of the best of them
Is Blind Lemon Jefferson
And one name is constant
That's Robert Johnson
A czar with the guitar
Then the singers
Bessie Smith , Ethel Waters and Ma Rainy
Made race records
The precursor to Rhythm & Blues
Yes sir
And the Great Depression
Didn't erase this expression
And The Great Migration
Reshaped the direction
And it spread massive
To new demographics
St Louis, Detroit and Chicago crafted
A new sound don't be shocked
That it was Rock
& Roll fo sho" - Kin Camell (Google That)
"In the 1970s
NYC wasn't heavenly
The school system for the public
Was rubbish
Plus its published
So you can read thee
How and why
It's outside
Of the school and church
The youth search
For the truth and worth
And DJ Kool Herc
Was the new birth
politicians were cruel jerks
The Big Apple was, filled with worms
And snakes
They come in many forms and shapes
The serpent's tool
Was urban renewal
An astounding process
That moved Black and Brown
To housing projects
While vile
Landlords
Made the Bronx
Resemble Vietnam War
Can you believe these mad men ?
Even Reggie Jackson
Was treated shady
And he was the best player on the Yankee
Baseball Team
Race of all things,
Is used for separation
And since welfare isnt reparations
City streets are filled with desperation
Music is the bridge
Which gives kids
A gift and that's the biz
In the heart if the Bronx
A new art form was launched
To abstain from the gangs , amongst
Other thangs
Teens need an outlet
Rappers Delight wasn't out yet
Then Crack changed the whole game."- Kin Camell (Google That)
"At the age of 3
She began to handle piano keys
In 1955, she was denied
Acceptance into college
When she applied
It was due to
Segregation
America's apartheid
But despite all the hatred
To Juliard she made it
On her track Mississippi Goddamn
She let ya know life was risky
For a Black man
This is
More than a poem
About Nina Simone
She's a revolutionary
With a microphone
When she sang
She hit America like cyclones
Her beautiful thick lips
Spit soulful linguistics
If you missed it
Go to the store
And cop a disc quick
Her song Sinnerman
Fed my soul like dinner fam
Her songs provided
Info on legislation
Such as Jim Crow
And segregation
Its crazy though
Her songs don't get played
On the radio
But she's important still
She inspired Erykah Badu
And Lauryn Hill
Some say Nina's
Demeanor was meaner
Than the average senorita
But that's because
America didn't treat her
With respect
So she chose to reflect
The fact
Thats it's a blessing
To be Young, Gifted and Black !- Kin Camell (Google That)
Due to lack of health and wealth I wasn't able to pursue my Master's Degree at Howard so I'm pursuing my second Bachelor's Degree from Cal Poly Humboldt.
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