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The Lebanese Diaspora : The Arab Immigrant Experience in Montreal, New York, and Paris / Dalia Abdelhady.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0814705456
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.89275692 23
LOC classification:
  • DS80.6 .A23 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Global Immigrants -- 2. Narratives of Identification -- 3. The Power of Community -- 4. Cultures of Expression -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author
Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Global Immigrants -- 2. Narratives of Identification -- 3. The Power of Community -- 4. Cultures of Expression -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

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.

English

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