The clown as healer : a brief history of the humanitarian clown
Auteurs : Bridel, David (Auteur) ; Funt, Mike (Auteur)
Éditeur : Routledge
Date de publication : 2024
Langue : Anglais
Description : Send in the clowns : humanitarian clowning in crisis zones : p. 1-11
Notes : Références : p. 10-11
Résumé :
An examination of the legacy of ritual and sacred clowns, contrasted with the professional clown of the post-Renaissance; exploring the jester and the clown's position in the hierarchy of the court; investigation of the trickster god in mythology, concepts of boundary-crossing and amorality; the contemporary humanitarian clown as inheritor of clown tradition.
Localisation : Bibliothèque