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200 13$aAn invitation to laughter $ea Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world /$fFuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout Khuri
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (223 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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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
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