“In this brilliant study, fishermen, mafiosi, labor activists, oil company executives, smugglers, and EU officials join forces to re-invent the Mediterranean. It is a dynamic, shape-shifting place, and Ben-Yehoyada shows us what it is made of: kinship, politics, historical disagreements, shared infrastructure, and (yes) succulent shrimp and lobster.”
— Andrew Shryock, University of Michigan
“Ben-Yehoyada’s The Mediterranean Incarnate is outstanding for its originality and intellectual contributions to the history of the Mediterranean and to the anthropology of politics and maritime life, particularly in Europe and North Africa. It’s an engaging ethnography with moments of drama that may find an additional audience among those interested in the experiences of life at sea.”
— Jane Schneider, City University of New York