Are Female Clowns Politically Incorrect? A Case Study on Female Clowns' Political Engagement at the 7th "Esse Monte de Mulher Palhaça" festival in Rio de Janeiro

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ID3819969
AuthorsDelphine Cézard (corresponding author)
Year2020
Issue9, No 1
Pages29-46
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de arte e antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2238-0361 • E-ISSN: 2238-0361
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/cadernosaa.2607
OpenAlexW3014375573
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

By linking the notion of politics with clown practices played out during the biennial festival «Esse Monte de Mulher Palhaça» in Rio de Janeiro (2018), dedicated specifically to female clowns, the relations between politics and feminism are raised, as well as the question of the place of clowns and women within the social system in which they act. In addition to reassessing the concept of politics through this new field of application, looking at what artistic practices convey or denounce as inequalities, allows us to identify politicized and political social elements. The private sphere, the power relations, the importance of gender, and the body and sexuality as treated in the festival's performances raise political issues. We are lead to think of the phenomenon of Brazilian female clowns as a political space of claims, in particular feminist ones, and a resistance to dominant sexist normativity

Epistemology · Feminism · Field (mathematics · Human sexuality · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Arts and Performance Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · Law · Philosophy · Physical Education and Sports Studies

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