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UNINA9910149518803321 |
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Autore |
Bertrand |
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Titolo |
Votre Sante: Donnees Medicales Et Culturelles - Huile D'olive, Vin, Sel, Cafe, the, Chocolat, Miel, Plantes Medicinales |
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2-336-76616-7 |
2-14-001380-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 p.) |
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Monografia |
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La consommation de nombreux produits traditionnels est reputee benefique alors que les avantages sont souvent fantasmes ou faux. Le professeur Edmond Bertrand presente les principaux avantages et inconvenients des principaux aliments consommes pour leurs effets positifs, huile d'olive, vin, sel, cafe, the, chocolat, miel. Il aborde aussi la question des plantes medicinales avec leurs limites et parfois leurs dangers. Chaque chapitre comporte une partie historique et culturelle. |
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UNINA9910970629803321 |
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Autore |
Khuri Fuad Ishaq |
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An invitation to laughter : a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world / / Fuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout Khuri |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
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9786611957261 |
9781281957269 |
1281957267 |
9780226434759 |
0226434753 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Ethnologists - Lebanon |
Ethnology - Fieldwork - Arab countries |
Arab countries Social life and customs |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue: The man himself -- Note on Arabic words -- Introduction. Why "laughter"? -- 1. Exploring origins. The choice of anthropology -- 2. Studying anthropology in Oregon. "How wonderful!" -- 3. Being Lebanese. A nationality or a profession? -- 4. Religious syncretism. "I offer sacrifices to my ancestors on Friday because I am a Muslim" -- 5. Lebanese traders in West Africa. Always ending the day in losses -- 6. Change as faith. The restless Americans -- 7. Teaching in Beirut. "Sir, keep this information to yourself " -- 8. Establishing an Arab association for the social sciences. The tyranny of consensus -- 9. The exotic in the suburbs of Beirut "It is written" -- 10. Alumni and 'ulama in Bahrain. "We all seek knowledge" -- 11. Open secrets Discussable but not publishable -- 12. Table manners in Yemen. Eat! Do not talk! -- 13. The official policy toward emigration in Lebanon. "We eat bread, not potatoes" -- 14. The Arab rich. "An ugly horse that wins the race is praised for its good looks" -- 15. Who wants to be a zaἵm? The agony of fame -- 16. |
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Living in Great Britain. "The best in the world" -- Appendix 1: List of Research Projects -- Appendix 2: List of Publications -- Index |
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For the late Fuad I. Khuri, a distinguished career as an anthropologist began not because of typical concerns like accessibility, money, or status, but because the very idea of an occupation that baffled his countrymen made them-and him-laugh. "When I tell them that 'anthropology' is my profession . . . they think I am either speaking a strange language or referring to a new medicine." This profound appreciation for humor, especially in the contradictions inherent in the study of cultures, is a distinctive theme of An Invitation to Laughter, Khuri's astute memoir of life as |
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