Explores spoken word poetry as a tool for social justice, critical feminist pedagogy, and new ways of teaching.
The writing and performance of spoken word poetry can create moments of productive critical engagement. In The Fifth Element, Crystal Leigh Endsley charts her experience of working with a dynamic and diverse group of college students, who are also emerging artists, to explore the connection between spoken word and social responsibility. She considers how themes of a...
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Mic Check
2. From the Inside Out
3. When the Audience Claps Back
4. Acts of Love
5. Been Around the World
Appendix: A...
Om författaren
Crystal Leigh Endsley is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.