Palestinian music and song : expression and resistance since 1900 / edited by Moslih Kanaaneh, Stig-Magnus Thorsén, Heather Bursheh, and David A. McDonald.
Drawing from a long history of indigenous traditions and incorporating diverse influences of surrounding cultures, music in Palestine and among the millions of Palestinians in diaspora offers a unique window on cultural and political events of the past century. From the perspective of scholars, perf...
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Bloomington ; Indianapolis :
Indiana University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : do Palestinian musicians play music or politics? / Moslih Kanaaneh
- Palestinian song, European revelation, and mission / Rachel Beckles Willson
- A musical catastrophe : the direct impact of the Nakba on Palestinian musicians and musical life / Nader Jalal and Issa Boulos interviewed by Heather Bursheh
- Negotiating the elements : Palestinian freedom songs from 1967 to 1987 / Issa Boulos
- Identity, diaspora, and resistance in Palestinian hip-hop / Randa Safieh
- Transgressing borders with Palestinian hip-hop / Janne Louise Andersen
- Performing self : between tradition and modernity in the West Bank / Sylvia Alajaji
- Realities for a singer in Palestine / Reem Talhami interviewed by Heather Bursheh
- Performative politics : folklore and popular resistance during the first Palestinian intifada / David A. McDonald
- Hamas's musical resistance practices : perceptions, production, and usage / Michael Schulz and Carin Berg
- Palestinian music : between artistry and political resistance / Stig-Magnus Thorsén
- The ghosts of resistance : dispatches from Palestinian art and music / Yara El-Ghadban and Kiven Strohm.