Palestinian Music and Song: Expression and Resistance since 1900
- Editor: Bursheh, Heather
- Editor: Kanaaneh, Moslih
- Editor: McDonald, David A.
- Editor: Thorsen, Stig-Magnus
This monumental contribution to Palestinian studies bridges the work of practitioners and scholars to make available rare oral histories, offer insights onto contemporary musical life, and redress... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction Palestinian Music: Surviving in Song Moslih Kanaaneh
- Part 1: Background
- 1. Palestinian Song, European Revelation, and Mission Rachel Beckles Willson
- 2. A Musical Catastrophe: the direct impact of the Nakba on Palestinian musicians and musical life Nader Jalal and Issa Boulos interviewed by Heather Bursheh
- 3. Negotiating the Elements: Palestinian Freedom Songs from 1967 to 1987 Issa Boulos
- Part 2: Identity
- 4. Transgressing Borders with Palestinian Hip Hop Janne Louise Andersen
- 5. Performing Self: Between Tradition and Modernity in the West Bank Sylvia Alajaji
- 6. Realities for a Singer in Palestine Reem Talhami interviewed by Heather Bursheh
- 7. Identity, Diaspora and Resistance in Palestinian Hip Hop Randa Safieh
- Part 3: Resistance
- 8. Performative Politics: Folklore and Popular Resistance during the First Palestinian Intifada David A. McDonald
- 9. Hamas' Musical Resistance Practices: Perceptions, Production, and Usage Michael Schulz and Carin Berg
- 10. Palestinian Music: Between Artistry and Political Resistance Stig-Magnus Thorsen
- 11. The Ghosts of Resistance: Dispatches from Palestinian Art and Music Yara El-Ghadban and Kiven Strohm
