Tammie Jenkins

The Intertextuality of Black American Spoken Word and African Griot Tradition (eBook, PDF)

From the Motherland to America

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Griots in Africa are considered among the first spoken word poets, as they used this oral tradition to preserve their society's cultural artifacts and traditions. These African oratory institutions underwent a transformative evolution during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and in the New World, many displaced African-born people continued the griot tradition, expanding this practice to include their lived experiences and social realities; hence, modernizing spoken word poetry. The Intertextuality of Black American Spoken Word and African Griot Tradition: From the Motherland to America by Tammie Jenkins examines these relationships to show how spoken word poetry incorporates musical sampling to connect with historical events, politics, and African diasporic discourses from emancipation through the present. Using works by Meshell Ndegeocello and Ursula Rucker, Jenkins analyzes how they reimagine history, politics, and the arts to create counternarratives that challenge larger accepted social narratives. In doing so, their approach demonstrates how Black American spoken word poets communicate and build reciprocal relationships with their listening audiences across intersections of race, gender, class, and geography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978785984
• Artikelnr.: 75076677

Autorenporträt

Tammie Jenkins, PhD, is an independent scholar of curriculum instruction.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Oral Tradition to Spoken Word Poetry
Chapter One: Genealogical Forebearers and Other Familial Relations
Chapter Two: Innovative Descendants Popularize a Genre
Chapter Three: Meshell Ndegeocello: Dig Up Ethnographic Sounds
Chapter Four: Ursula Rucker Celebrates Devalued Minerals
Conclusion: Finding Family and Establishing Relationships Across Boundaries
Bibliography
About the Author