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Viral Verses: Poetic Movements and Social Media in Southeastern Africa

Description:

Viral Verses investigates the influence of social media publication on the relationship between poetry and community formation in southeastern Africa. As more artists in the global South reach wider audiences through online publication, poetic form has shifted to reflect social media’s aesthetic norms, embracing urgency, contemporaneity, and populism. Digital media...

Keyword:

Aesthetic networks, Southeastern Africa, Literary history, Social media, Poetry and poetics, and Poetry performance

Subject:

Sociology, Literature, and African literature

Creator:

Sacks, Susanna L

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_666603 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14695