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Clowning as critical practice : performance humor in the South Pacific / Clowning as critical practice : Performance humour in the South Pacific William E. Mitchell, editor. - x, 227 pages ; 24 cm. - ASAO monograph ; no. 13 . - ASAO monograph ; no. 13. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction: Mother Folly in the Islands -- "Dance When I Die!": Context and Role in the Clowning of Murik Women -- Exaggeration and Reversal: Clowning Among the Lusi-Kaliai -- Clowning with Food: Mortuary Humor and Social Reproduction Among the North Mekeo -- Reflections of an Anthropologist Who Mistook Her Husband for a Yam: Female Comedy on Tubetube -- Horrific Humor and Festal Farce: Carnival Clowning in Wape Society -- When She Reigns Supreme: Clowning and Culture in Rotuman Weddings -- Where the Spirits Laugh Last: Comic Theater in Samoa -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

ISBN: 0822937344 9780822937340 0822954877 9780822954873

LCCN: 92050195

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Papuans--Humor
Clowning--Papua New Guinea
Philosophy, Papuan
Sex role--Papua New Guinea

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs

LC Class. No.: DU740.42 / .C595 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 306.481