Title Post-jazz poetics : a social history / Jennifer D. Ryan

Edition First edition Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: How do I make that sound? a new feminist poetics -- Finding her voice: the body politics of Sherley Anne Williams's blues -- Nationhood re-formed: revolutionary style and practice in Sonia Sanchez's jazz poetics -- Talk to me: ecofeminist disruptions in the jazz poetry of Jayne Cortez -- Shape-shifting: the urban geographies of Wanda Coleman's jazz poetry -- Jazz's word for it: Harryette Mullen and the politics of intellectualism -- Conclusion: "Too many books for our eyes": future politics, future poetries Summary "African-American expressive arts draw upon multiple traditions of formal experimentation in the service of social change. Within these traditions, Jennifer D. Ryan demonstrates that black women have created literature, music, and political statements signifying some of the most incisive and complex elements of modern American culture. Post-Jazz Poetics: A Social History examines the jazz-influenced work of five twentieth-century African-American women poets: Sherley Anne Williams, Sonia Sanchez, Jayne Cortez, Wanda Coleman, and Harryette Mullen. These writers' engagements with jazz-based compositional devices represent a new strand of radical black poetics, while their renditions of local-to-global social critique sketch the outlines of a transnational feminism"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- -- Criticism and interpretation Cortez, Jayne -- Criticism and interpretation Coleman, Wanda -- Criticism and interpretation Mullen, Harryette Romell -- Criticism and interpretation Coleman, Wanda Cortez, Jayne Mullen, Harryette Romell Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999 American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism Jazz in literature. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century African American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Poetics -- History -- 20th century Music and literature -- History -- 20th century Literary studies: poetry & poets -- English -- USA. Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English -- USA. Gender studies: women -- English -- USA. Black & Asian studies -- English -- USA. POETRY -- American -- General. Literature. African American women -- Intellectual life American poetry -- African American authors American poetry -- Women authors Feminism and literature Jazz in literature Literature and society Music and literature Poetics Literature. United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230109094 0230109098 9781349384631 1349384631 1282909975 9781282909977 9786612909979 6612909978

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