Muslims and humour : : essays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts / / edited by Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman with Yasmin Amin
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 corr...
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Muslims and humour : essays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts / edited by Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman with Yasmin Amin [electronic resource] Bristol, United Kingdom : Bristol University Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages.) text txt rdacontent. computer c rdamedia. online resource cr rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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.-- Provided by publisher. Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour -- Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies -- Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic–English Reader -- Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media -- Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity? -- A ‘Stupid Lur’ Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance -- Al-Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge -- Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo -- Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre -- ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy -- Muslim Comedy in North America -- Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy -- Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’ -- Conclusion -- Bibliography on Islam and Humour -- Index Wit and humor Religious aspects Islam. Islam Humor. Print version: Schweizer, Bernard Muslims and Humour Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2022 9781529214673 Schweizer, Bernard, editor. Molokotos-Liederman, Lina, editor. Amin, Yasmin, contributor. |
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Muslims and humour : essays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts / Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour -- Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies -- Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic–English Reader -- Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media -- Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity? -- A ‘Stupid Lur’ Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance -- Al-Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge -- Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo -- Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre -- ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy -- Muslim Comedy in North America -- Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy -- Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’ -- Conclusion -- Bibliography on Islam and Humour -- Index |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour -- Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies -- Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic–English Reader -- Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media -- Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity? -- A ‘Stupid Lur’ Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle -- Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance -- Al-Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge -- Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo -- Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre -- ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy -- Muslim Comedy in North America -- Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy -- Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’ -- Conclusion -- Bibliography on Islam and Humour -- Index |
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