Borderland pop: Arab Jewish musicians and the politics of performance

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-233

  Saada Ophir, Galit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Jews; Borderland; Israel; Middle East; Popular music

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748111465     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.2.205     Document Type: Article

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