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Muslims and humour : essays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts /

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 corr...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Schweizer, Bernard, 1962- (Éditeur intellectuel), Molokotos-Liederman, Lina (Éditeur intellectuel), Amin, Yasmin, 1962- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
ISBN:9781529214697
1529214696
9781529214680
1529214688