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...
| Corporate Author: | Oxford University Press |
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| Other Authors: | Schweizer, Bernard, 1962- (Editor), Molokotos-Liederman, Lina (Editor), Amin, Yasmin, 1962- (Editor) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Policy Press scholarship online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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