TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell,William E.
TI  - Clowning as critical practice: performance humor in the South Pacific 
T2  - ASAO monograph
SN  - 0822937344
AV  - DU740.42 .C595 1992
U1  - 306.481 20
PY  - 1992///]
CY  - Pittsburgh
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - Papuans
KW  - Humor
KW  - Clowning
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Philosophy, Papuan
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - 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
ER  -