| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Bristol, United Kingdom : , : Bristol University Press, , 2022
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (ix, 295 pages.)
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| Disciplina |
297.2/67
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| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Religious aspects - Islam
Islam - Humor
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| ISBN |
1-5292-1470-X
1-5292-1469-6
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
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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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910772083603321 |
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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]]
