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

"Exploring 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, "creepypast...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Blank, Trevor J. (Editor ), McNeill, Lynne S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "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
  • Slender Man is coming to get your little brother or sister : teenagers' pranks posted on YouTube / Timothy H. Evans / Elizabeth Tucker
  • Monstrous media and media monsters : from Cottingley to Waukesha / Paul Manning.