Palestinian Music in Exile : Voices of Resistance
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| Title: | Palestinian Music in Exile : Voices of Resistance |
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| Description: | A historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locationsPalestinian Music in Exile is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate and undocumented locations. The stories taking center stage show creatively divergent and revolutionary performance springing from conditions of colonialism, repression, and underdevelopment.What role does music play in the social spaces of Palestinian exile? How are the routes and roadblocks to musical success impacted by regional and international power structures? And how are questions of style, genre, or national tradition navigated by Palestinian musicians? Based on seven years of research in Europe and the Middle East, this timely and inspiring collection of musical ethnographies is the first oral history of contemporary Palestinian musicianship to appear in book form, and the only study to encompass such a broad range of experiences of the ghurba, or place of exile. |
| Authors: | Louis Brehony |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Music--Egypt--History and criticism, Expatriate musicians--Middle East, Expatriate musicians--Egypt, Palestinian Arabs--Music--History and criticism, Palestinian Arabs--Music--Political aspects, Music--Middle East--History and criticism |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Middle East / General, MUSIC / Ethnomusicology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | A historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locationsPalestinian Music in Exile is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate and undocumented locations. The stories taking center stage show creatively divergent and revolutionary performance springing from conditions of colonialism, repression, and underdevelopment.What role does music play in the social spaces of Palestinian exile? How are the routes and roadblocks to musical success impacted by regional and international power structures? And how are questions of style, genre, or national tradition navigated by Palestinian musicians? Based on seven years of research in Europe and the Middle East, this timely and inspiring collection of musical ethnographies is the first oral history of contemporary Palestinian musicianship to appear in book form, and the only study to encompass such a broad range of experiences of the ghurba, or place of exile. |
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| ISBN: | 9781649033048 9781649033055 |
