My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance

Contents

• 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