Academia cemented the term Spoken Word into the art world in the 80's to secure federal/state grant money & promote a wave of new experimental performers. Also, scholars had been consciousness-raised by the liberalism in the 70's to recognize folk-telling, populist poetry, experimentation & outsider art as "valid" art forms.
Telling Roots
Native American
Camp Teller
Military March
Evangelist
Home Schooling
Griot
Slave Song
Chain Gang
Ballad
Early Traditions
Snake Oil Seller
Puppeteer
Auctioneer
Traditional Storyteller
American Jokester
Variety/Burlesque
Show Boat
Wild West Show
Soapboxer
Circus Barker
Cheerleader
Kid Rhymes
Jump Rope
Industriots
Hypnotist
Imagism
Modernism
Readers Theatre
Immigrated Forms
Asian-Am Theatre
Lilting
Jewish Di Junge
Picket Line Poet
Toastin/Steppin/Freakin
Jazz Poet
Harlem Renaissance
Sound Waves
Political Oratory
Recording
Talent (radio, TV)
Film Star
Stand-up
Beat Generation
San Fran Renaissance
Talk-poems
St. Mark's Project
Circle Poet
Psychedelica
Fluxus
PostModern
Performance Poetry
Sound Poet
Sound Installation
Canadian Fusion
Talkapella
Oral Herstory
Monologue
Guerrilla Theatre
Improv Theatre
Colab
Kinetic Word
Spin-off
Urban Myth
Reader Series
Motivational
Neo-Po-mo
Slam
Canadian Dub
Word Band
Cyber-stage
Rap Music
Emcee
Deejay
Plunderphonics
Old School
Gangsta
Voguing
Conscious
Music Hybrids
Futurwurds
Hyper-story
Virtual Theatre
Slam Gaming
Faunalyrix
Cell-teller
Pharmalect
Ultrascript
RoboBeat
SETIspeak
