Morgane Thonnart
Biographic Data
| ID | 2285836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morgane Thonnart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morgane |
| FAMILY NAME | Thonnart |
| SIGNATURE | THONNART M |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-1557-1133 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Matters of Conviction
This article argues that comedy can and does become a route for socioreligious activism and authority. It specifically examines how four American Muslim “ethicist” comedians—Yasmin Elhady, Moses the Comic, Preacher Moss, and Omar Regan—cultivate a virtuous self within a discourse that is distinctly Muslim and participate in the proliferation of religious authority. To establish the import of the ethical work that these comedians accomplish, this …
The Staging of American Muslim Comedy
This article explores how American Muslim comedy is situated and constructed at the intersections of Orientalist tropes, racial projects, secular ideologies, gender discourses, and umma paradigms. This article unpacks the different histories and genealogies of the genre, and encourages the reader to attend to its polysemy and polymorphism. Drawing upon Hall and Sayyid, this article argues that the notion of "Muslim comedy" is multifaceted, elasti…
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 designed for ‘inner’ purposes. Acknowledging the versatility of the genre, this article focuses on insider–insider relations and offers a discourse analysis…
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 designed for ‘inner’ purposes. Acknowledging the versatility of the genre, this article focuses on insider–insider relations and offers a discourse analysis…
The Staging of American Muslim Comedy
This article explores how American Muslim comedy is situated and constructed at the intersections of Orientalist tropes, racial projects, secular ideologies, gender discourses, and umma paradigms. This article unpacks the different histories and genealogies of the genre, and encourages the reader to attend to its polysemy and polymorphism. Drawing upon Hall and Sayyid, this article argues that the notion of "Muslim comedy" is multifaceted, elasti…
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 designed for ‘inner’ purposes. Acknowledging the versatility of the genre, this article focuses on insider–insider relations and offers a discourse analysis…
The Staging of American Muslim Comedy
This article explores how American Muslim comedy is situated and constructed at the intersections of Orientalist tropes, racial projects, secular ideologies, gender discourses, and umma paradigms. This article unpacks the different histories and genealogies of the genre, and encourages the reader to attend to its polysemy and polymorphism. Drawing upon Hall and Sayyid, this article argues that the notion of "Muslim comedy" is multifaceted, elasti…
Matters of Conviction
This article argues that comedy can and does become a route for socioreligious activism and authority. It specifically examines how four American Muslim “ethicist” comedians—Yasmin Elhady, Moses the Comic, Preacher Moss, and Omar Regan—cultivate a virtuous self within a discourse that is distinctly Muslim and participate in the proliferation of religious authority. To establish the import of the ethical work that these comedians accomplish, this …
Comedy (3 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Comics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)