LEADER 03600nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910772083603321 005 20230301131533.0 010 $a1-5292-1470-X 010 $a1-5292-1469-6 024 7 $a10.56687/9781529214697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6975817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6975817 035 $a(CKB)21918726300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1319199526 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100979 035 $a(DE-B1597)645565 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781529214697 035 $a(OCoLC)1314431386 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921918726300041 100 $a20230124d2022 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent. 182 $cc$2rdamedia. 183 $acr$2rdacarrier. 200 00$aMuslims and humour $eessays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts /$fedited by Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman with Yasmin Amin$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aBristol, United Kingdom :$cBristol University Press,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 295 pages.) 311 08$aPrint version: Schweizer, Bernard Muslims and Humour Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2022 9781529214673 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tTheoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour -- $tRidicule in the Qur?an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies -- $tLaughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Mu?ammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic?English Reader -- $tHumour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? -- $tMuslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media -- $tUsing/Abusing the Qur?an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur?anophilia, or Familiarity? -- $tA ?Stupid Lur? Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle -- $tMuslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance -- $tAl-Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ?Defamation of Religion? Charge -- $tArab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo -- $tHizbullah?s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre -- $t?Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism?: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy -- $tMuslim Comedy in North America -- $tQueering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women?s Stand-up Comedy -- $tComedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ?Muslim Sitcom? -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography on Islam and Humour -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this thought-provoking collection, Muslim and non-Muslim academics take a multi-disciplinary approach to humour in Islam. They draw on examples of comedy practices and styles to scope sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, consider humour's role in fundamentalism, and correct misconceptions about laughter in the religion.--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWit and humor$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aIslam$xHumor 615 0$aWit and humor$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aIslam$xHumor. 676 $a297.2/67 702 $aSchweizer$b Bernard 702 $aMolokotos-Liederman$b Lina 702 $aAmin$b Yasmin 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910772083603321 996 $aMuslims and humour$93661481 997 $aUNINA