@article{53a66b4f4140400598164ffc844e9042,
title = "Schlock horror and pillow punches: Introduction to the dialectics of the violent clown–and this special themed journal issue",
abstract = "As an introduction to this special themed journal issue on violent clowns, this paper provides an overview of the 14 contributions that examine the comic appeal of violence in culture. It also ties together some of the threads that repeatedly characterise the polarising protagonist of this special issue, the violent clown, and his iconic dialectical patterns.",
keywords = "Aesthetics, Horror, Humour, Laughter, Linguistics, Philosophy, Popular Culture, Violent clowns",
author = "J{\"u}rgens, {Anna Sophie} and Jarno Hietalahti and Lena Stra{\ss}burger and Susanne Yl{\"o}nen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/2040610X.2019.1692537",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "1--11",
journal = "Comedy Studies",
issn = "2040-610X",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}