The Diasporic Condition

""This sophisticated, captivating ethnography demonstrates how anthropological understanding can be applied to a diasporic mode of living and how the mobile subject contributes to expanding analyses of culture, belonging, and place. . . . Highly recommended."" * Choice * “With his typical creative brilliance, Hage probes the diverse and divergent angles through which Lebanon appears in migratory memories and movement, and, in the process, upends our understanding of the politics of ancestry and inheritance in diasporic worlds.” * Elizabeth A. Povinelli, author of The Inheritance * “With this book, Hage carefully journeys us through the complex experiences of the Lebanese diasporic condition. Living in an internationalized space of viability, the Lebanese are shown to occupy a multiplicity of entangled and flickering realities—always engaged and always aware that, in the end, they are stuck with each other. The journey is exquisite, painful, exhilarating, saddening, inspiring, and deeply human. The Diasporic Condition is a must-read for both the Lebanese and the non-Lebanese.” * Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis * ""The Diasporic Condition is a beautifully crafted book. Thoroughly enjoyable and evocative—not to mention incredibly resonant for Lebanese diasporic subjects and students of Lebanon—this thought-provoking book is sure to whet the intellectual appetite of a wide readership."" * Mashriq & Mahjar *