Clowns in Anthropology
Clowns are exhilarating and disturbing, funny and frightening. They are ambiguous and confusing, yet capable of skilled disarranging and rearranging of our meaningful contexts. They can be found in rituals and courts as well as theaters and the circus. The clown is related to the trickster, who exi...
Main Author: | Marianna Keisalo-Galván |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society)
2008-01-01
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Series: | Suomen Antropologi |
Online Access: | https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/116384 |
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