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

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 ......

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1. Verfasser: Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq
Weitere Verfasser: Khūrī, Sonia Jalbout
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung: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 resource (xxv, 196 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index.
ISBN:9780226434759
0226434753
1281957267
9781281957269
9786611957261
661195726X