An invitation to laughter: a Lebanese anthropologist in the Arab world
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1. Verfasser: Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index
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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 an anthropologist i
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 196 p.)
ISBN:0226434753
9780226434759

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