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Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance

Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance

Brehony, Louis
Chatty, Dawn
Fahrenthold, Stacy D.

Hardcover

Series: Refugees and Migrants Within the Middle East

AnthropologyGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryWorld Music

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ISBN10: 1649033044
ISBN13: 9781649033048
Publisher: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
Published: Nov 21 2023
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.00 Depth: 6.00
Language: English

A historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locations

Palestinian Music in Exile is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locations including Gaza, Turkey, Kuwait, and Egypt. Grassroots musicians emerge here as powerful actors, their stories taking center stage, offering critiques of existing conditions, and new perspectives on displacement and the transmission of Palestinian narratives, and presenting alternative visions for the future.

Louis Brehony argues that, under conditions of colonial relations and repeated displacement, the reclaiming of public space has gone hand in hand with aesthetic revolution, both broadening and traditionalizing the sounds of Palestine, and carrying messages of sumud (steadfastness) and resistance. Based on a decade's research in Europe and the Middle East, this timely and inspiring collection of musical ethnographies provides a rich oral history of contemporary Palestinian musicianship and encompasses a broad range of experiences of the ghurba, or state of exile.

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