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]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, United Kingdom : , : Bristol University Press, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages.) |
Disciplina | 297.2/67 |
Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Religious aspects - Islam
Islam - Humor |
ISBN |
1-5292-1470-X
1-5292-1469-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910772083603321 |
Bristol, United Kingdom : , : Bristol University Press, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading heresy : religion and dissent in literature and art / / edited by Gregory Erickson, Bernard Schweizer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages ) |
Disciplina | 179.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Blasphemy
Dissensi |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-055603-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface / Schweizer, Bernard -- Introduction / Erickson, Gregory / Schweizer, Bernard -- I. Heresy and Modern Literature -- Heresy and the Modernist Imagination / Erickson, Gregory -- "No, I better not say it. I might get punished": Misotheism and Self-Creation in Tomás Rivera's .‥ And the Earth Did Not Devour Him / Hama, Mark -- The Absolute Heterodoxy of William Blake / Altizer, Thomas J. J. -- II. Medieval Heresy -- Unbelief and the Problem of Heresy: A Late Medieval Context / Calder, Natalie -- The Joys of Heresy: Benefits for Women in Medieval Heretical Sects / Green, Kathryn -- III. Heretical Theology -- Saint Augustine: The Neoplatonic Father of Heretical Orthodoxy / Holloway, John Daniel -- Making the World: Against Spirituality / Miller, Jordan E. -- The Heresy of Humor: Theological Responses to Laughter / Schweizer, Bernard -- IV. From the Creators: The Artists' Corner -- The Novelist as Heretic / Morrow, James -- Beautiful Heresy: A Visual Artist's Re-appropriation of Scripture / Hannon, Susan -- Pop Heresy: Songwriting at the Edge of the Speakable / Golden, Tasha -- Adapting Candide for the Stage / Wood, Stanton -- Epilogue: Heretical Unmaking / Erickson, Gregory -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467613003321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading heresy : religion and dissent in literature and art / / edited by Gregory Erickson, Bernard Schweizer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages ) |
Disciplina | 179.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Blasphemy
Dissensi |
ISBN | 3-11-055603-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface / Schweizer, Bernard -- Introduction / Erickson, Gregory / Schweizer, Bernard -- I. Heresy and Modern Literature -- Heresy and the Modernist Imagination / Erickson, Gregory -- "No, I better not say it. I might get punished": Misotheism and Self-Creation in Tomás Rivera's .‥ And the Earth Did Not Devour Him / Hama, Mark -- The Absolute Heterodoxy of William Blake / Altizer, Thomas J. J. -- II. Medieval Heresy -- Unbelief and the Problem of Heresy: A Late Medieval Context / Calder, Natalie -- The Joys of Heresy: Benefits for Women in Medieval Heretical Sects / Green, Kathryn -- III. Heretical Theology -- Saint Augustine: The Neoplatonic Father of Heretical Orthodoxy / Holloway, John Daniel -- Making the World: Against Spirituality / Miller, Jordan E. -- The Heresy of Humor: Theological Responses to Laughter / Schweizer, Bernard -- IV. From the Creators: The Artists' Corner -- The Novelist as Heretic / Morrow, James -- Beautiful Heresy: A Visual Artist's Re-appropriation of Scripture / Hannon, Susan -- Pop Heresy: Songwriting at the Edge of the Speakable / Golden, Tasha -- Adapting Candide for the Stage / Wood, Stanton -- Epilogue: Heretical Unmaking / Erickson, Gregory -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796633403321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading heresy : religion and dissent in literature and art / / edited by Gregory Erickson, Bernard Schweizer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages ) |
Disciplina | 179.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Blasphemy
Dissensi |
ISBN | 3-11-055603-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface / Schweizer, Bernard -- Introduction / Erickson, Gregory / Schweizer, Bernard -- I. Heresy and Modern Literature -- Heresy and the Modernist Imagination / Erickson, Gregory -- "No, I better not say it. I might get punished": Misotheism and Self-Creation in Tomás Rivera's .‥ And the Earth Did Not Devour Him / Hama, Mark -- The Absolute Heterodoxy of William Blake / Altizer, Thomas J. J. -- II. Medieval Heresy -- Unbelief and the Problem of Heresy: A Late Medieval Context / Calder, Natalie -- The Joys of Heresy: Benefits for Women in Medieval Heretical Sects / Green, Kathryn -- III. Heretical Theology -- Saint Augustine: The Neoplatonic Father of Heretical Orthodoxy / Holloway, John Daniel -- Making the World: Against Spirituality / Miller, Jordan E. -- The Heresy of Humor: Theological Responses to Laughter / Schweizer, Bernard -- IV. From the Creators: The Artists' Corner -- The Novelist as Heretic / Morrow, James -- Beautiful Heresy: A Visual Artist's Re-appropriation of Scripture / Hannon, Susan -- Pop Heresy: Songwriting at the Edge of the Speakable / Golden, Tasha -- Adapting Candide for the Stage / Wood, Stanton -- Epilogue: Heretical Unmaking / Erickson, Gregory -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821915703321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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