Palestinian music and song [electronic resource] : expression and resistance since 1900 / edited by Moslih Kanaaneh, Stig-Magnus Thorsen, Heather Bursheh, and David A. McDonald.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : do Palestinian musicians play music or politics? / Moslih Kanaaneh -- Palestinian song, European revelation, and mission / Rachel Beckles Willson -- A musical catastrophe : the direct impact of the Nakba on Palestinian musicians and musical life / Nader Jalal and Issa Boulos interviewed by Heather Bursheh -- Negotiating the elements : Palestinian freedom songs from 1967 to 1987 / Issa Boulos -- Identity, diaspora, and resistance in Palestinian hip-hop / Randa Safieh -- Transgressing borders with Palestinian hip-hop / Janne Louise Andersen -- Performing self : between tradition and modernity in the West Bank / Sylvia Alajaji -- Realities for a singer in Palestine / Reem Talhami interviewed by Heather Bursheh -- Performative politics : folklore and popular resistance during the first Palestinian intifada / David A. McDonald -- Hamas's musical resistance practices : perceptions, production, and usage / Michael Schulz and Carin Berg -- Palestinian music : between artistry and political resistance / Stig-Magnus Thorsen -- The ghosts of resistance : dispatches from Palestinian art and music / Yara El-Ghadban and Kiven Strohm.

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