Critical Folkloristics, Free Speech, and the “War on Terror”

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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, David A
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-20T16:23:09Z
dc.date.available2025-02-20T16:23:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-01
dc.descriptionThis record is for a(n) offprint of an article published in Journal of American Folklore on 2020-09-01.
dc.description.abstractIn 2008, five affiliates of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) were convicted of conspiring to supply “material support” to the terrorist organization Hamas. One of the convicted was a folksinger, included in the indictment due to a series of music performances given at HLF fundraisers. In this article, I critically interrogate the history and development of the HLF trial, arguing for the development of an activist-oriented critical folkloristics as a powerful tool with which to respond to Islamophobic discourses at the heart of the American “War on Terror.”
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dc.identifier.citationMcDonald, David A. "Critical Folkloristics, Free Speech, and the “War on Terror”." Journal of American Folklore, vol. 133, no. 530, pp. 392-411, 2020-09-01.
dc.identifier.otherBRITE 6101
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/32414
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.journalJournal of American Folklore
dc.rightsThis work may be protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.
dc.subjectSocial activism
dc.subjectcritical theory
dc.subjectpublic folklore
dc.subjectIslamophobia
dc.subjecthumanitarian assistance
dc.titleCritical Folkloristics, Free Speech, and the “War on Terror”

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