Clowns Ex Machina: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Gender and Clown

dc.contributor.advisor	Schmor, John	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bates, Kimberly	en_US
dc.creator	Bates, Kimberly	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-26T04:04:17Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-26T04:04:17Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	Historically, women have been largely discounted from the public comedic arena, typically serving as the butt of the joke or other various comedic fodder. As a female comedian, I became interested in how gender played into the performance of comedy, particularly in clown work. This case study follows an all female clown troupe called Clowns Ex Machina, based in New York, and investigates the impact of generating clown work in an all-female environment by all-female performers. The work that they do not only validates female participation in clown, but it also shows that the female experience is a human experience, and that gender lines do not have to prevent empathic identification.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1794/12428
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Oregon	en_US
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved.	en_US
dc.subject	Clown	en_US
dc.subject	Clowns Ex Machina	en_US
dc.subject	Gender	en_US
dc.subject	Kendall Cornell	en_US
dc.subject	Theater	en_US
dc.title	Clowns Ex Machina: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Gender and Clown	en_US
dc.type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation	en_US

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