David A. McDonald is Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

David A. McDonald is Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Illustrations viii
Note on Transliterations xi
Note on Accessing Performance Videos xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1. Nationalism, Belonging, and the Performativity of Resistance 17
2. Poets, Singers, and Songs: Voices in the Resistance Movement (1917-1967) 34
3. Al-Naksa and the Emergence of Political Song (1967-1987) 78
4. The First Intifada and the Generation of Stones (1987-2000) 116
5. Revivals and New Arrivals: The al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2010) 144
6. "My Songs Can Reach the Whole Nation": Baladna and Protest Song in Jordan 163
7. Imprisonment and Exile: Negotiating Power and Resistance in Palestinian Protest Song 199
8. New Directions and New Modalities: Palestinian Hip-Hop in Israel 231
9. "Carrying Words Like Weapons": DAM Brings Hip-Hop to the West Bank 262
Epilogue 283
Appendix: Song Lyric Transliterations 287
Notes 305
Bibliography 321
Index 329