03962nam 2200685 a 450 991045411920332120200520144314.01-281-95726-70-226-43475-3978661195726110.7208/9780226434759(CKB)1000000000579298(EBL)408182(OCoLC)476227819(SSID)ssj0000183506(PQKBManifestationID)11156647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183506(PQKBWorkID)10194798(PQKB)10976486(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121880(MiAaPQ)EBC408182(DE-B1597)523166(OCoLC)1058257465(DE-B1597)9780226434759(Au-PeEL)EBL408182(CaPaEBR)ebr10265916(CaONFJC)MIL195726(EXLCZ)99100000000057929820060809d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn invitation to laughter[electronic resource] a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world /Fuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout KhuriChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-43478-8 0-226-43476-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index.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. Living in Great Britain. "The best in the world" -- Appendix 1: List of Research Projects -- Appendix 2: List of Publications -- IndexFor 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 asEthnologistsLebanonBiographyEthnologyFieldworkArab countriesArab countriesSocial life and customsElectronic books.EthnologistsEthnologyFieldwork305.80092BKhūrī Fuʼād Isḥāq967200Khūrī Sonia Jalbout967201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454119203321An invitation to laughter2195699UNINA