Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection American Poetry in Performance: From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel Pioneer Performances: Staging the Frontier

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Book Review| June 01 2014 Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection American Poetry in Performance: From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel Pioneer Performances: Staging the Frontier Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection. By Ehlers, Nadine. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. 2012. x, 185 pp. Cloth, $70.00; paper, $25.00.American Poetry in Performance: From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop. By Hoffman, Tyler. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press. 2011. 271 pp.$45.00.Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel. By Kurnick, David. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. 2011. x, 254 pp. Cloth, $75.00; paper, $32.50.Pioneer Performances: Staging the Frontier. By Rebhorn, Matthew. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 2012. x, 207 pp.$65.00. Sean Metzger Sean Metzger Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2014) 86 (2): 409–411. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2646946 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Sean Metzger; Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection American Poetry in Performance: From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel Pioneer Performances: Staging the Frontier. American Literature 1 June 2014; 86 (2): 409–411. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2646946 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Duke University Press2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.