Muslims and Humour

Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts

Bernard Schweizer, Lina Molokotos-Liederman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2022
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-1467-3 (ISBN)

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In 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.

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.

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 Ḥadīth”.

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 Muḥammad 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

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2022
Mitarbeit	Anpassung von: Yasmin Amin
Zusatzinfo	3 Tables, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-5292-1467-X / 152921467X
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-1467-3 / 9781529214673
Zustand	Neuware