A preliminary list of titles for students who want to write book reports (assignment #3)
V. Danielson, “The Voice of Egypt”: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century
J. Goodman, Berber Culture On The World Stage: From Village To Video
A.J. Racy, Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab
M. Regev, E. Seroussi, Popular Music and National Culture in Israel
K. Shelemay, Let the Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance Among Syrian Jews
M. Stokes, The Arabesque Debate: Music And Musicians In Modern Turkey
S. Zuhur, Asmahan’s Secrets: Woman, War, and Song
Monday, January 23, 2006
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Schedule of Readings
ANTH 3903/3923H Middle Eastern Popular Music
WEEK 1 January 17-19 Introductions: the dominant
S. Blum, “Hearing the Music of the Middle East,” V. Danielson et al, eds., The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East
V. Danielson, “Snapshot: Opening Night for a Star Performer—Umm Kulthum and Inta ‘Umri,” in Danielson et al
V. Danielson, “The Arab Middle East” in P. Manuel, ed., Popular Musics of the Non-Western World
“The Umm Kulthum Nobody Knows,” in E. Fernea & B. Bezirgan, Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak
WEEK 2 January 24-26 Rai
L.J. Jones, “North Africa: Overview,” in Danielson et al
Start Marc Schade-Poulsen, Men and Popular Music in Algeria
WEEK 3 January 31-February 2 Rai
Finish Schade-Poulsen
WEEK 4 February 7-9 Rai & World Music
B. Mazouzi, “Rai,” in Danielson et al
J. Gross et al, “Rai, Rap and Ramadan Nights,” in S. Lavie & T. Swedenburg, Displacement, Diaspora and the Geographies of Identity
L. Werner, “Arab Pop on the World Stage”
P. Bohlman, World Music: A Very Short Introduction (excerpts)
A. Morgan, “Rai: Music Under Fire,” in The Rough Guide to World Music, vol. 1
WEEK 5 February 14-16 Gnawa
P. Schuyler, "Review of Gnawa Leila"
P. Schuyler, “Music and Meaning among the Gnawa Religious Brotherhood of Morocco,” The World of Music 23.1, 1981
D. Kapchan, “Music in Performance: Following the Entranced Ones,” in Danielson et al
D. Kapchan, “Possessing Gnawa Culture”
T. Fuson, “Gimme the One Who’s Going: Trance, Groove and Interaction on the Gnawa Ritual Floor”
D. Kapchan, "Moroccan Gnawa and Transglobal Trance," Expedition 46.1, 2004
WEEK 6 February 21-23 Jajouka
P. Schuyler, “Joujouka/Jajouka/Zahjoukah: Moroccan Music and Euro-American Imagination”
W.S. Burroughs, Liner notes to Apocalypse Across the Sky
R. Palmer, “Into the Mystic: Secluded in the Mountains of Morocco, the Master Musicians of Joujouka Have Been Casting Musical Spells for Centuries”
T. Fuson, “Renewed Pandemonium: The Continuing Legend of the Master Musicians of Jajouka”
WEEK 7 February 28-March 2 Sufi
M. Frishkopf, liner notes to Music of the Sufi Inshad: Shaykh Yasin al-Tuhami
M. Frishkopf, “Snapshot: Shaykh Yasin al-Tuhami,” in Danielson et al
M. Frishkopf, “Tarab (‘Enchantment’) in the Mystic Sufi Chant of Egypt” in S. Zuhur, Colors of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East
M. Frishkopf, “al-Inshad al-Dini (Islamic religious singing) in Egypt,” in Danielson et al
M. Frishkopf, "Inshad Dini and Aghani Diniyya in Twentieth Century Egypt: A Review of Styles, Genres, and Available Recordings." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Winter 2000
WEEK 8 March 7-9 Spirituality cont’d
J. Shannon, “Sultans of Spin: Syrian Sacred Music on the World Stage”
WEEK 9 March 14-16 Arab Jewish Music
A. Horowitz, “Israeli Mediterranean Music,” in Danielson et al
A. Horowitz, “Snapshot: Mizrahi Music in Israel,” in Danielson et al
A. Horowitz, “Dueling Nativities: Zehava Ben Sings Umm Kulthum,” in R. Stein & T. Swedenburg, Palestine, Israel & the Politics of Popular Culture
B. Brinner, “Beyond Israelis vs. Palestinians or Jews vs. Arabs: The Social Ramifications of Musical Interaction”
M. Regev, “Musica Mizrakhit: Israeli Rock and National Culture in Israel,” Popular Music 15 (3), 1996
WEEK 10 March 28-30 Arab Jewish pop: Dana International
T. Swedenburg, “Sa‘ida Sultan/Danna International: Transgender Pop and the Polysemiotics of Sex, Nation, and Ethnicity on the Israeli-Egyptian Border”
Y. Ben-Zvi, “Zionist Lesbianism and Transsexual Transgression”
C. Vancil, “Shushu, Zumzum, and Sumsum: Dana International and the Politics of the Other”
L. Moriel, “Diva in the promised land: a blue-print for newspeak?” World Englishes 17/2, July 1998
Check out the Non-official Dana website
WEEK 11 April 4-6 Arab Jewish pop continued
T. Swedenburg, “Against Hybridity: The Case of Enrico Macias/Gaston Ghrenassia,” in R. Stein & T. Swedenburg, Palestine, Israel & the Politics of Popular Culture
WEEK 12 April 11-13 Nubia
T. Swedenburg, “Nubian Music in Cairo,” in Danielson et al
L. Werner, “Music of the World”
R. Fernea & A. Rouchdy, “Contemporary Egyptian Nubians”
E. Smith, “Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café: Nubians in Egyptian Media”
WEEK 13 April 18-20 Palestine
A.M. Oliver & P. Steinberg, “Popular Music of the Intifada,” in Danielson et al
J. Massad, “Liberating Songs: Palestine Put to Music,” in R. Stein & T. Swedenburg, Palestine, Israel & the Politics of Popular Culture
“Improvisation and Community: The Music of Sabreen”
Newspaper articles about Palestinian hip-hop TBA
WEEK 14 April 25-27 Egypt
V. Danielson, “Stardom in Egyptian Music: Four Case Studies,” in Danielson et al
K. Zirbel, “Playing It Both Ways: Local Egyptian Performers between Regional Identity and International Markets”
J. Gordon, “The Nightingale and the Ra’is: Abd al-Halim Hafiz and Nasserist Longings,” in E. Podeh & O. Winckler, Rethinking Nasserism: Revolution and Historical Memory in Egypt
J. Gordon, “Singing the Pulse of the Egyptian-Arab Street: Shabaan Abd al-and the Geo-pop-politics of Fast Food,” Popular Music 22/1, 2003
E. Colla, “Sentimentality and Redemption: The Rhetoric of Egyptian Pop Culture Intifada Solidarity,” in R. Stein & T. Swedenburg, Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture
WEEK 15 May 2-4 Oddities
G. Azar, “The Sultan of Surf”
M. Stokes, “Turkish Rock and Pop Music,” in Danielson et al
M. Stokes, “Music in Performance: Cem Karaca, Live,” in Danielson et al
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