ASAO Monograph #13: Clowning as Critical Practice: Performance Humor in the
South Pacific
Edited by William E. Mitchell
University of Pittsburgh Press (1992)
Introduction: Mother Folly in the Islands
William E. Mitchell
1. "Dance When I Die!": Context and Role in the Clowning of Murik Women
Kathleen Barlow
2. Exaggeration and Reversal: Clowning Among the Lusi-Kaliai
David R. Counts and Dorothy A. Counts
3. Clowning with Food: Mortuary Humor and Social Reproduction Among the North Mekeo
Mark S. Mosko
4. Reflections of an Anthropologist Who Mistook Her Husband for a Yam: Female Comedy on Tubetube
Martha Macintyre
5. Horrific Humor and Festal Farce: Carnival Clowning in Wape Society
William E. Mitchell
6. When She Reigns Supreme: Clowning and Culture in Rotuman Weddings
Vilsoni Hereniko
7. Where the Spirits Laugh Last: Comic Theater in Samoa
Caroline Sinavaiana
William E. Mitchell
1. "Dance When I Die!": Context and Role in the Clowning of Murik Women
Kathleen Barlow
2. Exaggeration and Reversal: Clowning Among the Lusi-Kaliai
David R. Counts and Dorothy A. Counts
3. Clowning with Food: Mortuary Humor and Social Reproduction Among the North Mekeo
Mark S. Mosko
4. Reflections of an Anthropologist Who Mistook Her Husband for a Yam: Female Comedy on Tubetube
Martha Macintyre
5. Horrific Humor and Festal Farce: Carnival Clowning in Wape Society
William E. Mitchell
6. When She Reigns Supreme: Clowning and Culture in Rotuman Weddings
Vilsoni Hereniko
7. Where the Spirits Laugh Last: Comic Theater in Samoa
Caroline Sinavaiana
