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Questioning the carnivalesque: poetry slams, performance, and contemporary forms of resistance

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dc.contributor.authorFreitas, Isaac Richard, author
dc.contributor.authorHempel, Lynn, advisor
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Pete, committee member
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, Greg, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T08:26:33Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T08:26:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the form that resistance takes in poetry slams. In this study, Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of carnival is applied to the poetry slam as a contemporary form of resistance. Carnival provides a place outside of everyday life where different rules are in effect. Through the carnival, participants see new possibilities for their everyday lives. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate whether poetry slams show carnivalesque resistance. Research was conducted using a hermeneutic perspective. The data was collected through observation and interviews with subjects at two poetry slams: the Open Counter Poetry Slam and the Rue Vermilion Poetry Slam. Observations were conducted at multiple occurrences of each slam. Thirteen individuals were interviewed with eight coming from the Open Counter Poetry Slam and five from the Rue Vermilion Poetry Slam. Thematic analysis was used in interpreting the data. Two approaches were used to examine the results of the analysis. A spatial approach was used to see how the times and spaces that poetry slams occur show carnival resistance. The second approach used the perspectives of the interviewees and observations of poetry slam participants' interactions to explore carnival's role in poetry slam events. By showing how carnival manifests within poetry slams, this research shows how events can provide safe havens from the pressures of power that permeate the social hierarchies of everyday life.
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dc.identifierFreitas_colostate_0053N_11551.pdf
dc.identifierETDF2012400382SOLO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/71635
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectMikhail Bakhtin
dc.subjectcarnival
dc.subjectdialogue
dc.subjectperformance
dc.subjectpoetry slam
dc.subjectresistance
dc.titleQuestioning the carnivalesque: poetry slams, performance, and contemporary forms of resistance
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thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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