McDonald My Voice Is My Weapon

Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7828-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

David A. McDonald presents an ethnographic study of the role of music and musicians in the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McDonald, David A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations viii

Note on Transliterations xi

Note on Accessing Performance Videos xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

1. Nationalism, Belonging, and the Performativity of Resistance 17

2. Poets, Singers, and Songs: Voices in the Resistance Movement (1917–1967) 34

3. Al-Naksa and the Emergence of Political Song (1967–1987) 78

4. The First Intifada and the Generation of Stones (1987–2000) 116

5. Revivals and New Arrivals: The al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–2010) 144

6. "My Songs Can Reach the Whole Nation": Baladna and Protest Song in Jordan 163

7. Imprisonment and Exile: Negotiating Power and Resistance in Palestinian Protest Song 199

8. New Directions and New Modalities: Palestinian Hip-Hop in Israel 231

9. "Carrying Words Like Weapons": DAM Brings Hip-Hop to the West Bank 262

Epilogue 283

Appendix: Song Lyric Transliterations 287

Notes 305

Bibliography 321

Index 329

Über Autor(innen)

David A. McDonald is Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington.