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Mister Punch.

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  • Contributor: Brookes, Chris
    Summary:

    How a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating, psychopathic hand puppet became a cultural icon, a famous satirical magazine, and a four-century-old folkplay cherished by small children for enacting horrendous acts of violence.

    Subject(s): Hand puppets | History | Punch and Judy | Violence in popular culture
    Original Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Battery Radio
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Battery Radio