The Muslim Diaspora Giggles Back
A Touch of Humour in Notre-Dame and the Vatican’s Shadow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21754698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohamed Baya (Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Pages | 86-104 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caietele Echinox (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1582-960X |
| Publisher | Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24193/cechinox.2023.45.06 |
| OpenAlex | W4391409382 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
While the earlier literary production of the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian Muslim diaspora writing in French and Italian is characterized by its autobiographical overtones, some literary texts written in the twenty-first century have engaged in more experimental enterprises. Kiffe Kiffe demain (2004), originally written in French by French- born Algerian diasporan Faïza Guène, and Divorzio all’islamica a viale Marconi (2010), published in Italian by Algerian-born Amara Lakhous, are two fictions that have achieved international success. This article argues that the tragic and the humorous are interwoven in the two texts by investigating Guène and Lakhous’s depiction of Muslimness as both a source of torment and exhilarating humour
Art · Depiction · Diaspora · Literature · Theology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · History · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |