Afary, Janet,

Molla Nasreddin : the making of a modern trickster, 1906-1911 / Janet Afary, Kamran Afary. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Safavid Empire -- Map of Russian Expansion in Caucasus, 1878-1914 -- Google Map of Region (2021) -- Introduction -- PART I The World of the Journal -- CHAPTER 1 South Caucasus at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- CHAPTER 2 The Staff and Major Contributors -- CHAPTER 3 Tiflis and its Hybrid Artistic Community -- PART II Reimagining the Folk Trickster and Rethinking Gender Norms -- CHAPTER 4 The Wise Fool and the Trickster Nasreddin -- CHAPTER 5 Recreating the Trickster Tales and Tropes in Azerbaijani Language -- CHAPTER 6 A Champion of Women's Rights -- PART III The Influence of European Graphic Arts -- CHAPTER 7 A Dialogue with Goya and Daumier -- CHAPTER 8 A Conversation with Punch, Simplicissimus and the World of Art -- Epilogue -- References -- Index

Explores the iconic illustrated periodical Mollā Nasreddin, whose editors, writers and illustrators were Azerbaijani Muslims and Georgians of South Caucasus.



9781474499538 9781474499521

GBC2D2935 bnb

020691900 Uk


Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century


Molla Nasreddin.


Azerbaijani wit and humor.
Political satire, Azerbaijani.


Electronic Books.

PN6231 / .M655 2022