David A. McDonald

My Voice is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance - xix, 338 p. ill.; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.

Nationalism, belonging, and the performativity of resistance -- Poets, singers, and songs : voices in the resistance movement (1917-1967) -- Al-Naksa and the emergence of political song (1967-1987) -- The Intifada and the generation of the Stones (1987-2000) -- Revivals and new arrivals: the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2010) -- "My songs can reach the whole nation" : Baladna and protest song in Jordan -- Imprisonment and exile : negotiating power and resistance in Palestinian protest song -- New directions and new modalities : Palestinian hip-hop in Israel -- "Carrying words like weapons" : DAM brings hip-hop to the West Bank.

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Palestinian Arabs--Music--History and criticism
Music--Political aspects--Palestine
Music--Political aspects--Gaza Strip
Music--Political aspects--West Bank