An invitation to laughter [[electronic resource] ] : a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world / / Fuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout Khuri

• Autore: Khūrī Fuʼād Isḥāq
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80092; B
• Soggetto topico: Ethnologists - Lebanon; Ethnology - Fieldwork - Arab countries
• Soggetto geografico: Arab countries Social life and customs
• Soggetto non controllato: lebanese, 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
• Altri autori: KhūrīSonia Jalbout
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: An invitation to laughter
• ISBN: 1-281-95726-7; 0-226-43475-3; 9786611957261
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782438803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II