Traditions of subversion and the subversion of tradition : cultural cristicism in Maidu clown performances.

Reflecting changing disciplinary orientation, recent perspectives on non-Western ritual clowns have rejected earlier functionalist interpretations and foregrounded themes of criticism, deconstruction, and subversion. In this essay, I interpret a ritual clown performance formerly practiced by the Nor...

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Main Author: Brigthman, Robert
Format: Analitica de revista
Language:English
Published: Arlington American Antropological Association 1999
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