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Muslims and Humour

Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts
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306 Seiten
Englisch
Bristol University Presserschienen am26.05.2022
In this thought-provoking collection, Muslim and non-Muslim academics take a multi-disciplinary approach to humour in Islam. They draw on examples of comedy practices and styles to scope sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, consider humour´s role in fundamentalism, and correct misconceptions about laughter in the religion.mehr
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KlappentextIn this thought-provoking collection, Muslim and non-Muslim academics take a multi-disciplinary approach to humour in Islam. They draw on examples of comedy practices and styles to scope sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, consider humour´s role in fundamentalism, and correct misconceptions about laughter in the religion.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5292-1467-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum26.05.2022
Seiten306 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 242 mm, Höhe 162 mm, Dicke 23 mm
Gewicht596 g
Artikel-Nr.58356039

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman PART I Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour1 Ridicule in the Qur´an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies - Mostafa Abedinifard2 Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic-English Reader - Georg Leube3 Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? - Walid GhaliPART II Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media4 Using/Abusing the Qur´an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur´anophilia, or Familiarity? - Yasmin Amin5 A 'Stupid Lur' Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle - Fatemeh Nasr EsfahaniPART III Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance6 Al- Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the Defamation of Religion´ Charge - Moutaz Alkheder7 Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo - Chourouq Nasri8 Hizbullah´s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre - Joseph Alagha9 Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism´: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy - Mona Abdel-FadilPART IV Muslim Comedy in North America10 Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women´s Stand-up Comedy - Jaclyn A. Michael11 Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First Muslim Sitcom´ - Jay FriesenConclusion - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-LiedermanBibliography on Islam and Humourmehr

Autor

Bernard Schweizer is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at Long Island University. Lina Molokotos-Liederman is Affiliated Researcher at the Woolf Institute and Scientific Collaborator at University of Fribourg. Yasmin Amin recently completed her doctoral studies at University of Exeter with a dissertation titled, "Humour and Laughter in the adth".