Muslims and Humour

Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1467-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

This thought-provoking collection takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject of humour in Islam. It ranges across sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, presenting examples of comedy in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. The book also investigates humour’s role in fundamentalism, addresses sensitive contexts of freedom of speech and blasphemy, and corrects common misunderstandings about laughter in Islam.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweizer, Bernard

Molokotos-Liederman, Lina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman
PART I Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour
1 Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies - Mostafa Abedinifard
2 Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muhammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic-English Reader - Georg Leube
3 Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? - Walid Ghali
PART II Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media
4 Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity? - Yasmin Amin
5 A 'Stupid Lur' Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle - Fatemeh Nasr Esfahani
PART III Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance
6 Al- Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge - Moutaz Alkheder
7 Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo - Chourouq Nasri
8 Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre - Joseph Alagha
9 ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy - Mona Abdel-Fadil
PART IV Muslim Comedy in North America
10 Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy - Jaclyn A. Michael
11 Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’ - Jay Friesen
Conclusion - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman
Bibliography on Islam and Humour

Über Autor(innen)

Schweizer, Bernard
Bernard Schweizer is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at Long Island University.

Molokotos-Liederman, Lina
Lina Molokotos-Liederman is Affiliated Researcher at the Woolf Institute and Scientific Collaborator at University of Fribourg.

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 Hadith”.