"What about the female clown?"

Clown as a tool of accessibility

Abstract

This article, based on an ongoing research in the masters program Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da Cena, at UFRJ, has the goal to deal with the inclusion of subalterns through the circus, specially through clowns, using the concept of accessible art as a means of discussion and texts from Muñoz, Deleuze and Guattari and Marcolla, focusing in neurodivergent women. Beyond that, intends to approach the construction of femininity using Engels, Butler and Lerner, talk about what we laugh off in the current times and to discuss how our laughter is built from our early childhood until adult life by connecting itself with the research of McGhee, passing through the construction of reality and desire with Fanon. The results found through the readings indicate that it is possible to include neurodivergent people in the circus as audience as well as creators of scenes and spectacles. Considering the focus on clowns, these subalterns bring a rich discussion to the contemporary scene of female clowns.