Just Slammin! Adolescents' construction of identity through performance poetry

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 682-691

  Rudd, Lynn L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862174804     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/JAAL.00083     Document Type: Article

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