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oapen-20.500.12657-334752021-11-04T14:07:42Z My Voice Is My Weapon - Music, Nationalism and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance A. McDonald, David palestine music politics history Arabs Israel Israelis Nationalism bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AV Music 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. 2018-06-27 23:55 2014-03-10 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:47:52Z 2020-04-01T14:47:52Z 2013 book 469210 OCN: 972031003 9780822354680;9780822354796 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33475 eng application/pdf n/a 469210.pdf http://read.dukeupress.edu/content/my-voice-my-weapon Duke University Press Duke University Press Books 10.1353/book.64121 10.1353/book.64121 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822354680;9780822354796 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Duke University Press Books 360 Durham, NC KU Pilot Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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