Evolution of Popular Culture Created by Muslims in Western Countries: From Le thé au harem d’Archi Ahmed to Madina Oh na na! Cover Image

Zarys ewolucji kultury popularnej tworzonej przez muzułmanów w wybranych krajach Zachodu. Od „Le thé au harem d’Archi Ahmed” po „Madina Oh na na!”
Evolution of Popular Culture Created by Muslims in Western Countries: From Le thé au harem d’Archi Ahmed to Madina Oh na na!

Author(s): Marta Widy-Behiesse
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Islam; Muslims; popular culture; the West; immigration; literature; Beur; comics

Summary/Abstract: Muslims have been living in Western countries for several generations, and since the mid 1980s they have been creating their own culture, which is a syncretism of Western trends with their cultural and religious background of Muslim countries. Different forms of artistic expression are used to define or strengthen the creator’s religious identity in the Western public space. Simultaneously, Western Muslim spectators create new forms of religiosity, based on consumerism and artistic experience.

  • Issue Year: 27/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 375-393
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish