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Slender Man is coming: creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet

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dc.contributor.authorBlank, Trevor J., editor
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, Lynne S., editor
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T19:17:14Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T19:17:14Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractExploring the menacing figure of Slender Man, the blank-faced, long-limbed bogeyman born of a Photoshop contest, who has appeared in horror stories circulated on- and offline among young people. An unprecedented folkloric take, analyzing him within contemporary legend studies, "creepypastas," folk belief, and children's culture.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontents"The sort of story that has you covering your mirrors": the case of Slender Man / Jeffrey A. Tolbert -- The cowl of Cthulhu: ostensive practice in the digital age: the more you know about him, the closer he gets / Andrew Peck -- "What happens when the pictures are no longer Photoshops?": Slender Man, belief, and the unacknowledged common experience / Andrea Kitta -- "Dark and wicked things"?: Slender Man, the folkloresque, and the implications of belief / Jeffrey A. Tolbert -- The emperor's new lore, or who believes in the big bad Slender Man? / Mikel J. Koven -- Slender Man, H. P. Lovecraft, and the dynamics of horror cultures / Timothy H. Evans -- Slender Man is coming to get your little brother or sister: teenagers' pranks posted on YouTube / Elizabeth Tucker -- Monstrous media and media monsters: from Cottingley to Waukesha / Paul Manning.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/192323
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectSlender Man -- (Legendary character)
dc.subjectFolklore and the Internet
dc.subjectContagion (Social psychology)
dc.subjectMemes
dc.subjectUrban folklore
dc.subjectHorror tales
dc.titleSlender Man is coming: creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet
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