My Voice Is My Weapon : Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance / David A. McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, David A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 338 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

My Voice Is My Weapon

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

David A. McDonald rethinks the conventional history of the Palestinian crisis through an ethnographic analysis of music and musicians, protest songs, and popular culture. Charting a historical narrative that stretches from the late-Ottoman period through the end of the second Palestinian intifada, McDonald examines the shifting politics of music in its capacity to both reflect and shape fundamental aspects of national identity. Drawing case studies from Palestinian communities in Israel, in exile, and under occupation, McDonald grapples with the theoretical and methodological challenges of tracing "resistance" in the popular imagination, attempting to reveal the nuanced ways in which Palestinians have confronted and opposed the traumas of foreign occupation. The first of its kind, this book offers an in-depth ethnomusicological analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, contributing a performative perspective to the larger scholarly conversation about one of the world's most contested humanitarian issues. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nationalism, belonging, and the performativity of resistancePoets, singers, and songs : voices in the resistance movement (1917-1967)Al-Naksa and the emergence of political song (1967-1987)The first Intifada and the generation of the Stones (1987-2000)Revivals and new arrivals: the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2010)"My songs can reach the whole nation" : Baladna and protest song in JordanImprisonment and exile : negotiating power and resistance in Palestinian protest songNew directions and new modalities : Palestinian hip-hop in Israel"Carrying words like weapons" : DAM brings hip-hop to the West Bank.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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ISBN:

9781478091370

1478091371