American Muslims and Contemporary Hahahahalal Comedy
The opening years of the century saw in America the increasing visibility of observant Muslim stand-up comics who engaged with the various realities affecting their community. The material they have produced is not exclusively aimed at the larger American society: a considerable part of it is design...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-151 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBQ North America TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Muslims B Usa B stand-up comedy |
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| Summary: | The opening years of the century saw in America the increasing visibility of observant Muslim stand-up comics who engaged with the various realities affecting their community. The material they have produced is not exclusively aimed at the larger American society: a considerable part of it is designed for ‘inner’ purposes. Acknowledging the versatility of the genre, this article focuses on insider-insider relations and offers a discourse analysis of six practicing American Muslim comedians' material in order to highlight their endeavor to edify the American Muslim community and elevate their coreligionists to a determined ideal of Islam. The artists under consideration are Azhar Usman, Preacher Moss, Mohammed Amer, Azeem Muhammad, Baba Ali, and Omar Regan. The selection of iterative subjects in the comedians' jokes puts forward some of the community's priorities and its current state of affairs. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2015.1114242 |