04304nam 2200685 a 450 991078243880332120230207225844.01-281-95726-70-226-43475-3978661195726110.7208/9780226434759(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 customslebanese, lebanon, arab, middle east, eastern world, anthropology, anthropologist, science, scientific, academic, scholarly, research, fieldwork, career, biography, biographical, humor, culture, cultural, memoir, christian, faith, belief, religion, autobiography, true story, women, eating, food, islam, politics, daily life, ethnology, beirut, city, urban.EthnologistsEthnologyFieldwork305.80092BKhūrī Fuʼād Isḥāq1502299Khūrī Sonia Jalbout1502300MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782438803321An invitation to laughter3729976UNINA