Who Asked You, Condom Head?

One kind of Mexican street vendor is a foulmouthed clown, whose off-color spiel uses racism, sexism, double-entendre, and nationalist chauvinism to assemble and entertain a crowd and, ultimately, to part its members from their money. Vulgar and highly formulaic, the clown's language reaches its crea...

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Published in:	Anthropological Quarterly Vol. 84; no. 1; pp. 235 - 265
Main Author:	Haviland, John B.
Format:	Article
Published:	George Washington Institute for Ethnographic Research Winter 2011
Subjects:	Street entertainers Clowns Humor & society Vulgarity Social conditions in Mexico Mexico City (Mexico)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost