The Lebanese Diaspora : The Arab Immigrant Experience in Montreal, New York, and Paris

The Lebanese are the largest group of Middle Eastern immigrants in the United States, and Lebanese immigrants are also prominent across Europe and the Americas. Based on over eighty interviews with first-generation Lebanese immigrants in the global cities of New York, Montreal and Paris, this book shows that the Lebanese diaspora – like all diasporas – constructs global relations connecting and transforming their new societies, previous homeland and world-wide communities. Taking Lebanese immigrants’ forms of identification, community attachments and cultural expression as manifestations of diaspora experiences, Dalia Abdelhady delves into the ways members of Lebanese diasporic communities move beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, giving rise to global solidarities and negotiating their social and cultural spaces. The Lebanese Diaspora explores new forms of identities, alliances and cultural expressions, elucidating the daily experiences of Lebanese immigrants and exploring new ways of thinking about immigration, ethnic identity, community, and culture in a global world. By criticizing and challenging our understandings of nationality, ethnicity and assimilation, Abdelhady shows that global immigrants are giving rise to new forms of cosmopolitan citizenship. The Lebanese are the largest group of Middle Eastern immigrants in the United States, and Lebanese immigrants are also prominent across Europe and the Americas. Based on over eighty interviews with first-generation Lebanese immigrants in the global cities of New York, Montreal and Paris, this book shows that the Lebanese diasporaolike all diasporasoconstructs global relations connecting and transforming their new societies, previous homeland and world-wide communities. Taking Lebanese immigrants' forms of identification, community attachments and cultural expression as manifestations of diaspora experiences, Dalia Abdelhady delves into the ways members of Lebanese diasporic communities move beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, giving rise to global solidarities and negotiating their social and cultural spaces. The Lebanese Diaspora explores new forms of identities, alliances and cultural expressions, elucidating the daily experiences of Lebanese immigrants and exploring new ways of thinking about immigration, ethnic identity, community, and culture in a global world. By criticizing and challenging our understandings of nationality, ethnicity and assimilation, Abdelhady shows that global immigrants are giving rise to new forms of cosmopolitan citizenship. Dalia Abdelhady is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University, Sweden. -- Product Description MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1 Global Immigrants: Three Views on Diaspora 14 2 Narratives of Identification: Between Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism 54 3 The Power of Community: Beyond Homeland and Host Society 102 4 Cultures of Expression: Translation, Remembrance, and Global Burden 146 5 Conclusion: Global Predicaments and Cosmopolitan Quarrels 188 Appendix: Profile of Respondents 212 Notes 214 References 224 Index 236 A 236 B 236 C 236 D 237 E 237 F 238 G 238 H 238 I 239 K 239 L 239 M 240 N 240 O 241 P 241 R 241 S 241 T 241 V 242 W 242 About the Author 244 Global Immigrants : Three Views On Diaspora -- Narratives Of Identification : Between Ethnicity And Cosmopolitanism -- The Power Of Community : Beyond Homeland And Host Society -- Cultures Expression : Translation, Remembrance And Global Burden -- Conclusion : Global Predicaments And Cosmopolitan Quarrels -- Appendix. Profile Of Respondents -- Notes. Dalia Abdelhady. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Focuses on the issues of Arab immigrants post 9/11 and the way they interact with global processes