L’Islam et l’humour: un rire communautaire ou un rire universel?
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This article analyses what the relationship between humor and Islam demonstrates about media representations of Arabs in France. It concentrates on the humorous French website À part ça tout va bien – which has the slogan « who said that Muslims did not have a sense of humor » – and compares it to the performances of the American trio Allah Made Me Funny. It will examine to what extent these projects are a source of a liberating form of laughter rather than a community-specific laughter, and the conclusions that one can draw from them about media discourses concerning Arabs.
Keywords
- Islam, humour, comedy, France, mulitculturalism, diversity, Muslims
| Translated title of the contribution | Islam and humor: community-specific humor or universal humor? |
|---|---|
| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 144-157 |
| Journal | Le Temps des médias |
| Issue number | 28 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 May 2017 |
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