The Lebanese Diaspora: The Arab Immigrant Experience in New York, Montreal and Paris
Abdelhady, Dalia LU
(2011)
- Abstract
- 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, the book delves into the ways members of Lebanese diasporic communities move beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, giving rise... (More)
- 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, the book 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, the book shows that global immigrants are giving rise to new forms of cosmopolitan citizenship. (Less)
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- author
- Abdelhady, Dalia
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Globalization, Cultural Expression, Identity, Transnationalism, Immigration, Arab immigrants, Immigrant Communities, Lebanese Foreign countries, Libaneser i utlandet
- pages
- 231 pages
- publisher
- New York University Press
- ISBN
- 978-0-8147-0734-0
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- cb96d849-a1f1-4969-8ae8-9efe9b3fc626 (old id 2218333)
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- 2016-04-04 12:00:55
- date last changed
- 2023-04-18 18:20:54
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abstract = {{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, the book 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, the book shows that global immigrants are giving rise to new forms of cosmopolitan citizenship.}},
author = {{Abdelhady, Dalia}},
isbn = {{978-0-8147-0734-0}},
keywords = {{Globalization; Cultural Expression; Identity; Transnationalism; Immigration; Arab immigrants; Immigrant Communities; Lebanese Foreign countries; Libaneser i utlandet}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{New York University Press}},
title = {{The Lebanese Diaspora: The Arab Immigrant Experience in New York, Montreal and Paris}},
year = {{2011}},
}