My Voice Is My Weapon - Music, Nationalism and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance
Author(s)
A. McDonald, David
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
palestine; music; politics; history; Arabs; Israel; Israelis; NationalismDOI
10.1353/book.64121ISBN
9780822354680;9780822354796OCN
972031003Publisher
Duke University PressPublisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Publication date and place
Durham, NC, 2013Grantor
Imprint
Duke University Press BooksClassification
Music