The island of Corsica has long been a popular destination for travelers in search of the European exotic but it has also been a focus of French concerns about national unity and identity. Today Corsica is part of a vibrant Franco-Mediterranean social universe. Starting from an ethnographic study in a Corsican village Corsican Fragments explores nationalism language kinship and place as well as popular discourses and concerns about violence migration and society. Matei Candea traces ideas about inclusion and exclusion through these different realms as Corsicans Continentals tourists and the anthropologist make and unmake connections with one another in their everyday encounters. Candea s evocative and gracefully written account provides new insights into the dilemmas of understanding cultural difference and the difficulties and rewards of fieldwork.