Poetic Inquiry as Social Justice and Political Response

Poetic Inquiry as Social Justice and Political Response - Series in Literary Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

"This volume speaks to the use of poetry in critical qualitative research and practice focused on social justice. In this collection, poetry is a response, a call to action, agitation, and a frame for future social justice work. The authors engage with poetry's potential for connectivity, political power, and evocation through methodological, theoretical, performative, and empirical work. The poet-researchers consider questions of how poetry and Poetic Inquiry can be a response to political and social events, be used as a pedagogical tool to critique inequitable social structures, and how Poetic Inquiry speaks to our local identities and politics. The authors answer the question: "What spaces can poetry create for dialogue about critical awareness, social justice, and re-visioning of social, cultural, and political worlds?" This volume adds to the growing body of Poetic Inquiry through the demonstration of poetry as political action, re

Book information

ISBN: 9781622736492
Publisher: Vernon Press
Imprint: Vernon Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xv, 249
Weight: 512g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm