Poetry And The Police
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Poetry And The Police
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Author : Robert Darnton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-03
Poetry And The Police written by Robert Darnton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-03 with History categories.
Listen to "An Electronic Cabaret: Paris Street Songs, 1748–50" for songs from Poetry and the PoliceAudio recording copyright © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. In spring 1749, François Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself unexpectedly hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an “abominable poem about the king.” So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? In this captivating book, Robert Darnton follows the poems as they passed through several media: copied on scraps of paper, dictated from one person to another, memorized and declaimed to an audience. But the most effective dispersal occurred through music, when poems were sung to familiar tunes. Lyrics often referred to current events or revealed popular attitudes toward the royal court. The songs provided a running commentary on public affairs, and Darnton brilliantly traces how the lyrics fit into song cycles that carried messages through the streets of Paris during a period of rising discontent. He uncovers a complex communication network, illuminating the way information circulated in a semi-literate society. This lucid and entertaining book reminds us of both the importance of oral exchanges in the history of communication and the power of “viral” networks long before our internet age.
Off The Cuffs
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Author : Jackie Sheeler
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2003-03-01
Off The Cuffs written by Jackie Sheeler and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-01 with Poetry categories.
The first collection of poetry that allows us to see police officers not just as brutalizers or heroes but as complicated human beings in a position that is sometimes terrifying, sometimes rewarding and often questionable. On a daily basis police save lives, take lives, and risk their own lives. Existing books on police and policing give us a single point-of-view, a black and white story that portrays cops as either saints or villains. This exploration of the dynamic point of understanding makes Off The Cuffs unique. Divided into four sections--Eyewitnesses, Insiders, Victims & Perpetrators, and Dreamers--Off The Cuffs gives us a diversity of voices, telling stories of fear, apprehension, love, brutality, death, sorrow, joy, hope and resolve. Out of this multiplicity of voices: convicts, police, bike messengers and established poets such as Charles Simic, Martin Espada, Kevin Young and Colette Inez - emerges a dialogue showing us the infinite shades of blue that surround the profession and the profession's relationship to the society they are sworn to protect. Off The Cuffs adds an important and unheard piece to this body of work: the usually disparate voices of cops, prisoners and everyone in between engaging with one another within the pages of one book.
Policing And The Poetics Of Everyday Life
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Author : Jonathan M. Wender
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2008
Policing And The Poetics Of Everyday Life written by Jonathan M. Wender and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Philosophy categories.
A former police sergeant draws on philosophy, literature, and art to reveal the profound--indeed poetic--significance of police-citizen encounters
How To Undress A Cop
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Author : Sarah Cortez
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 2000-09-30
How To Undress A Cop written by Sarah Cortez and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-30 with Poetry categories.
ItÍs not every book of poetry that includes an ñOde to Body Armor.î But then, itÍs not every poet whose experience in academia includes a stint at the police academy. The poems of Sarah Cortez are tough-minded, verbally supple, and often deeply (even explicitly) erotic: You want me to come/ to you each night, drop my gun belt,/ lie along your muscled length . . . And each of these fifty lyric poems (with titles such as ñRosie Working Plain Clothes,î ñLas TÕas,î and ñAttempt to Locateî) displays CortezÍs many facets: the street smarts of a law-enforcement officer (deputy constable in HoustonÍs Harris County); the bilingual vocabulary of a proud Mexican American; the coolly analytic eye of a corporate accountant (as she once was); the linguistic dexterity of a Latin teacher (another former occupation); and the frank sensuality of a strong and spirited woman. Surveying fellow officers, friends, criminals, lovers, strangers, and family members, Sarah Cortez has learned that a bullet-proof vest may, with luck, protect the body, but keeping the heart from harm is a chancier and more mysterious affair. Long after the pages of How to Undress a Cop have been turned, her unique and distinctive voice will stir the blood and haunt the memory.
Poetry In Blue
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Author : James Patrick McMann
language : en
Publisher: Good Times Pub
Release Date : 1995
Poetry In Blue written by James Patrick McMann and has been published by Good Times Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Poetry categories.
The Dream Police
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Author : Dennis Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 1995
The Dream Police written by Dennis Cooper and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Fiction categories.
The Dream Police collects the best poems from five of his previous books and also includes a selection of new works. From his darkly erotic early verse to the more refined, post-punk poems, to his later experimental pieces. Cooper's evolving study of the distances in romantic relationships has made him a singular voice in American poetry.
Dog Unleashed
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Author : Jimmy Cvetic
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Dog Unleashed written by Jimmy Cvetic and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with categories.
Extraordinary poetry by a retired police officer.
Woman Police Officer In Elevator
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Author : James Lasdun
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Woman Police Officer In Elevator written by James Lasdun and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Poetry categories.
A second anthology of poetry by the author of A Jump Start explores a rich, emotionally charged world of meditations on love, myth, transformation, metamorphoses, sexual and social politics, and dislocation.
The Police
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Author : Daniel Poppick
language : en
Publisher: Omnidawn
Release Date : 2017
The Police written by Daniel Poppick and has been published by Omnidawn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Poetry categories.
A debut collection unraveling the mythologizing forces of control
Inspirational Poems
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Author : William Heffner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-09-01
Inspirational Poems written by William Heffner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-01 with categories.