Palestinian Music in Exile
American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-1-64903-304-8 (ISBN)
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.
Louis Brehony is an activist, musician, researcher and educator, and a preeminent global scholar of Palestinian music. He is the director of the award-winning documentary film Kofia: A Revolution Through Music (2021) and has published widely on Palestine and political culture in the Palestine Chronicle, Middle East Monitor, Arab Media and Society, and a range of other journals. Louis received his PhD from King's College London and a master's in composition from the University of Salford, and performs internationally as a multi-instrumentalist. He has family origins in Ireland and lives in Manchester, UK.
Timeline of events
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Strings Of The Street: Resistance Aesthetics Of A Nation In Movement
Chapter 2. Za’atar, Zeit, And Fairuz: Growing Up Palestinian In Kuwait
Reem Kelani’s Musical Beginnings
Chapter 3. ‘Nothing Stops Tradition’: Dialects Of Cultural Reinvention In Exile
Experiences Of Palestinian Instrumentalism In Bilad al-Sham
Chapter 4. Village Dreams In Urban Gaza: A Young Girl’s Musical Intifada
Music And Land In A Palestinian Socialist Household
Chapter 5. Smashing The Pyramids: Encores Of Palestinian Radicalism In Egypt
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, The Cairo Underground, And The Sabreen Influence
Chapter 6. ‘An Even Tougher Act Of Resistance’: Instrumentalism In The Dakhil
Saied Silbak And The Music Of Internal Displacement
Chapter 7. ‘Ahla Ayām’: The Most Beautiful Days
Tarab, al-Waṭan, And Gaza’s New Generation Of Musicians
Chapter 8. Sumud And The City: Old And New Comradeship In Istanbul
Fares Anbar, Ahmed Haddad, and The Turkish Migrant Scene
Conclusion: Where To?
Glossary
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Refugees and Migrants within the Middle East |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Dr. Dawn Chatty, Dr. Stacy D. Fahrenthold, Dr. Annika Rabo |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 b&w illus. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64903-304-4 / 1649033044 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64903-304-8 / 9781649033048 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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