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1 online resource (xxv, 196 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Research ProjectsList of Publications; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq.
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Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq. |
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Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq. |
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Ethnologists -- Lebanon -- Biography.
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Ethnologists. |
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Lebanon. |
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Biographies.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Arab countries.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork. |
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Arab countries. |
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Arab countries -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Khūrī, Sonia Jalbout.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq. Invitation to laughter. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 9780226434766 0226434761 (DLC) 2006026048 (OCoLC)70911140 |
| ISBN |
9780226434759 (electronic book) |
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0226434753 (electronic book) |
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1281957267 |
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9781281957269 |
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9780226434766 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226434761 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226434780 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226434788 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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