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Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Communities in the World

Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Studies

Herausgeber: Batrouney, Trevor | Boos, Tobias | Escher, Anton | Tabar, Paul

Intercultural Studies, Bd. 5

2015

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Abstract

The existing global connectedness of migrants and their descendants from contemporary Lebanon, Syria, and ancient Palestine is the outcome of the migration history of this region, which commenced in the middle of the 19th century. Today people from this region are as well part of different societies all over the world as well as part of global communities. The contributions of this volume discuss the experiences of “living-between-cultures” that these people do in times of globalization from an interdisciplinary perspective; namely from geography, history, political science, social anthropology, and sociology. Scholars from Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, and the United States of America present their empirical findings and examine theoretical key concepts and notions like diaspora, transnationalism, communitas, habitus, social network, and new media.

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Contents 5
Introduction: Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Communities in the World. Trevor Batrouney, Tobias Boos, Anton Escher and Paul Tabar 7
Ethnicity and Identity: Community building in conditions of migration 13
Learning to be Lebanese: Fashioning an Ethnicised Habitus in Multicultural Australia. Greg Noble and Paul Tabar 15
The Community and its Fragments. Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Constitution of the Syrian-Lebanese Identity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paulo G. Pinto 27
‘But what are ya?’ Identity, Belonging and In-between-ness in early Lebanese Australian Communities. Anne Monsour 41
Othering ‘Lebs’. Racialised Demonisation of Lebanese immigrants in Australia. Scott Poynting 57
Societies and Family: Institutional and family networks 69
Australian-Lebanese Community Organisations in a Modern Globalised World. Trevor Batrouney 71
At Home with Skype. New Media technologies, connectivity and social change between Lebanon and the Diaspora. Nelia Hyndman-Rizk 87
Profit, Privilege, and the Promise of Mexico: The Making of Carlos Slim Helú and Family. Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp 101
Moving Mashreqis. Empire and the Politics of Notables. Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos 117
Politics and religion: Communities and identities in motion 135
Nationalism, Diasporisation and Identity Transition. The Palestinian Case. Jalal Al Husseini and Aude Signole 137
Syro-Lebanese Influence on the Guajira Peninsula. Unexpected Historical Continuities from Economic Dominance to Hezbollah Venezuela? Philipp Bruckmayr 153
Lebanese Muslim Families in São Paulo. Patriarchal Practices and Old Dilemmas. Oswaldo Truzzi 175
Markers of Identity. Local Sanctuaries and Ethno-religious Boundaries in the present-day Syrian Arab Republic. Gebhard Fartacek 191
Concluding Thoughts and Prospects of Doing Research on Diaspora 215