An Invitation to Laughter: A Lebanese Anthropologist in the Arab WorldUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 Sep 2008 - 224 halaman 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 in the Middle East. |
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Why laughter? | 1 |
1 Exploring origins | 8 |
2 Studying anthropology in Oregon | 19 |
3 Being Lebanese | 32 |
4 Religious syncretism | 44 |
5 Lebanese traders inWest Africa | 50 |
6 Change as faith | 61 |
7 Teaching in Beirut | 72 |
The man himself | xi |
Note on Arabic words | xxv |
Why laughter? | 1 |
1 Exploring origins | 8 |
2 Studying anthropology in Oregon | 19 |
3 Being Lebanese | 32 |
4 Religious syncretism | 44 |
5 Lebanese traders inWest Africa | 50 |
8 Establishing an Arab association for the social sciences | 88 |
9 The exotic in the suburbs of Beirut | 94 |
10 Alumni and ulama in Bahrain | 104 |
11 Open secrets | 120 |
12 Table manners in Yemen | 127 |
13 The official policy toward emigration in Lebanon | 139 |
14 The Arab rich | 147 |
15 Who wants to be a zaim? | 156 |
16 Living in Great Britain | 166 |
List of Research Projects | 179 |
List of Publications | 182 |
Index | 189 |
Contents | vii |
Foreword | ix |
6 Change as faith | 61 |
7 Teaching in Beirut | 72 |
8 Establishing an Arab association for the social sciences | 88 |
9 The exotic in the suburbs of Beirut | 94 |
10 Alumni and ulama in Bahrain | 104 |
11 Open secrets | 120 |
12 Table manners in Yemen | 127 |
13 The official policy toward emigration in Lebanon | 139 |
14 The Arab rich | 147 |
15 Who wants to be a zaim? | 156 |
16 Living in Great Britain | 166 |
List of Research Projects | 179 |
List of Publications | 182 |
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