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- My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance
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- 2013
- Published by: Duke University Press
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In My Voice Is My Weapon, 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.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. viii-x
- Note on Transliterations
- pp. xi-xii
- Note on Accessing Performance Videos
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Appendix: Song Lyric Transliterations
- pp. 287-304
- Bibliography
- pp. 321-330
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822378280
Related ISBN(s)
9780822354680, 9780822354796, 9781478091370
MARC Record
OCLC
1103685813
Pages
358
Launched on MUSE
2019-06-24
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
Copyright
2013