Name: Muslims and Humour By Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)
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Muslims and Humour: Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts by Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

This thought-provoking collection offers a multi-disciplinary approach on the subject of humour, Muslims, and Islam. Beginning with theoretical perspectives and scriptural guidance on permissible and restricted humour, the volume presents a variety of case studies about Muslim comedic practices in various cultural, political, and religious contexts. This unprecedented scholarship sheds new light on common misconceptions about humour and laughter in Islam and deftly tackles sensitive themes from blasphemy to freedom of speech. Chapter 9 is available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

About Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

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.

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

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9781529214673

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152921467X

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Muslims and Humour: Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts by Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

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Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

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Bristol University Press

Year published

2022-05-26

Number of pages

306

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Muslims and Humour Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

Muslims and Humour by Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

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Muslims and Humour: Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts by Bernard Schweizer (Long Island University)

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