Comments on: Vibrant Subcultures: Clown Egg Edition http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anna http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551936 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551936 That’s a good question.  Perhaps the activity immerses you in specific rules and jargon and lifestyle habits?  Various similar activities – like stamp collecting – are often classified as subcultures, and I too wonder what distinguishes a widespread hobby from a subculture.  Is it the shared experience that turns it into a (sub)culture?

]]> By: Qob http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551909 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:55:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551909 It was Men At Arms. http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Hall_of_Faces
http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Boffo_(Clown)

]]> By: Alex51324 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551819 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:44:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551819  It was the one with the Gonne; I remember that much.  And it did come up again in Making Money, as legolewdite mentioned, but it was a major plot point in one of the City Watch ones. 

I keep stumbling across little things I know from Discworld that I had no idea were real.  Can’t remember any of the others right now, except for “invisible university,” but there have been several.

]]> By: Lunad http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551813 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551813 according to the link, there is one painted picture of each clown, done in person.

]]> By: kelgor http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551806 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551806 I’m curious what makes this a subculture.

]]> By: Anna http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551800 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551800 Coulrophobia and ovophobia in one succinct subculture.  

]]> By: Legolewdite http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551799 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551799 Making Money.

]]> By: Stefkies http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551795 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551795 How do they collect them if they make them? Do they have to personally ask the clown for permission? Also, well done but disembodied round clown heads are kinda creepy.

]]> By: Conuly http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551792 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551792  Men at Arms, maybe?

]]> By: Anonymous http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551790 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551790  Me too! It was a City Watch novel, though I can’t remember which either. 

]]> By: Beldaran http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/28/how-clowns-trademark-their-face/comment-page-1/#comment-551782 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=46265#comment-551782 I first learned about this tradition in a Discworld novel, though I can’t remember off hand which one.

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