Title Clowning as critical practice : performance humor in the South Pacific / William E. Mitchell, editor

Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description x, 227 pages ; 24 cm Series ASAO monograph ; no. 13 ASAO monograph ; no. 13 Contents "Dance when I die! / Kathleen Barlow -- Exaggeration and reversal / David R. Counts and Dorothy A. Counts -- Clowning with food / Mark S. Mosko -- Reflections of an anthropologist / Martha Macintyre -- Horrific humor and festal farce / William E. Mitchell -- When she reigns supreme / Vilsoni Hereniko -- Where the spirits laugh last / Caroline Sinavaiana Analysis Humour Papua New Guinea Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes ASAO monograph no:13 Subject Clowning -- Papua New Guinea. Clowns -- Papua New Guinea. Papuans -- Humor. Papuans -- Social conditions. Philosophy, Papuan. Sex role -- Papua New Guinea. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116522 Author Mitchell, William E. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. LC no. 92050195 ISBN 0822937344 0822954877

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