LEADER 04304nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910782438803321 005 20230207225844.0 010 $a1-281-95726-7 010 $a0-226-43475-3 010 $a9786611957261 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226434759 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579298 035 $a(EBL)408182 035 $a(OCoLC)476227819 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183506 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183506 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10194798 035 $a(PQKB)10976486 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408182 035 $a(DE-B1597)523166 035 $a(OCoLC)1058257465 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226434759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408182 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265916 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195726 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579298 100 $a20060809d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn invitation to laughter$b[electronic resource] $ea Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world /$fFuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout Khuri 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-43478-8 311 $a0-226-43476-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPrologue: The man himself -- $tNote on Arabic words -- $tIntroduction. Why "laughter"? -- $t1. Exploring origins. The choice of anthropology -- $t2. Studying anthropology in Oregon. "How wonderful!" -- $t3. Being Lebanese. A nationality or a profession? -- $t4. Religious syncretism. "I offer sacrifices to my ancestors on Friday because I am a Muslim" -- $t5. Lebanese traders in West Africa. Always ending the day in losses -- $t6. Change as faith. The restless Americans -- $t7. Teaching in Beirut. "Sir, keep this information to yourself " -- $t8. Establishing an Arab association for the social sciences. The tyranny of consensus -- $t9. The exotic in the suburbs of Beirut "It is written" -- $t10. Alumni and 'ulama in Bahrain. "We all seek knowledge" -- $t11. Open secrets Discussable but not publishable -- $t12. Table manners in Yemen. Eat! Do not talk! -- $t13. The official policy toward emigration in Lebanon. "We eat bread, not potatoes" -- $t14. The Arab rich. "An ugly horse that wins the race is praised for its good looks" -- $t15. Who wants to be a za?m? The agony of fame -- $t16. Living in Great Britain. "The best in the world" -- $tAppendix 1: List of Research Projects -- $tAppendix 2: List of Publications -- $tIndex 330 $aFor 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 606 $aEthnologists$zLebanon$vBiography 606 $aEthnology$xFieldwork$zArab countries 607 $aArab countries$xSocial life and customs 610 $alebanese, lebanon, arab, middle east, eastern world, anthropology, anthropologist, science, scientific, academic, scholarly, research, fieldwork, career, biography, biographical, humor, culture, cultural, memoir, christian, faith, belief, religion, autobiography, true story, women, eating, food, islam, politics, daily life, ethnology, beirut, city, urban. 615 0$aEthnologists 615 0$aEthnology$xFieldwork 676 $a305.80092 676 $aB 700 $aKhu?ri?$b Fu?a?d Ish?a?q$01502299 701 $aKhu?ri?$b Sonia Jalbout$01502300 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782438803321 996 $aAn invitation to laughter$93729976 997 $aUNINA