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An invitation to laughter : a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world

Title
An invitation to laughter : a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world / Fuad I. Khuri ; edited by Sonia Jalbout Khuri.
Author
Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Additional Authors
Khūrī, Sonia Jalbout.
Description
xxv, 196 pages; 23 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index.
Contents
Prologue : the man himself / Sonia Jalbout Khuri -- 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 zaim? : the agony of fame -- 16. Living in Great Britain : "the best in the world"
ISBN
  • 9780226434766 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226434761 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226434780 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226434788 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006026048
OCLC
  • OCM70911140
  • 70911140
  • SCSB-5333249
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries