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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press
2022.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009844139906719 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2022). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529214703 9781529214697 |
