{"product_id":"slender-man-is-coming-creepypasta-and-contemporary-legends-on-the-internet-9781607327806","title":"Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet","description":"The essays in this volume explore the menacing figure of Slender Man-the blank-faced, long-limbed bogeyman born of a 2009 Photoshop contest who has appeared in countless horror stories circulated on- and offline among children and young people. Slender Man is arguably the best-known example in circulation of \"creepypasta,\" a genre derived from \"copypasta,\" which in turn derived from the phrase \"copy\/paste.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As narrative texts are copied across online forums, they undergo modification, annotation, and reinterpretation by new posters in a folkloric process of repetition and variation. Though by definition legends deal largely with belief and possibility, the crowdsourced mythos behind creepypasta and Slender Man suggests a distinct awareness of fabrication. Slender Man is therefore a new kind of creation: one intentionally created as a fiction but with the look and feel of legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSlender Man Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unprecedented folkloristic take on Slender Man, analyzing him within the framework of contemporary legend studies, \"creepypastas,\" folk belief, and children's culture. This first folkloric examination of the phenomenon of Slender Man is a must-read for anyone interested in folklore, horror, urban legends, new media, or digital cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e: Timothy H. Evans, Andrea Kitta, Mikel J. Koven, Paul Manning, Andrew Peck, Jeffrey A. Tolbert, Elizabeth Tucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor J. Blank\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of communication at the State University of New York at Potsdam. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eFolklore and the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFolk Culture in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTradition in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh: Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eToward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow him on Twitter: @trevorjblank. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne S. McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English in the Folklore Program at Utah State University, cofounder of the Digital Folklore Project, and author of \u003ci\u003eFolklore Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. Her research interests include legend, belief, fandom, and digital folklore. Follow her on Twitter: @lynneSmcneill.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Utah State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855980237074,"sku":"9781607327806","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0eb51a94-3728-4c02-b80c-f5ac73c4deca.jpg?v=1737491295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slender-man-is-coming-creepypasta-and-contemporary-legends-on-the-internet-9781607327806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}