{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-scary-clowns-9781476680910","title":"The Many Lives of Scary Clowns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film. Across the centuries, from Shakespeare''s Porter in \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e to Edgar Allan Poe''s Hop-Frog, or Stephen King''s Pennywise, horror and comedy have blended to create the perfect recipe for entertainment.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This volume gives an in-depth analysis of the clown horror genre, including essays by revered horror scholars such as Kevin Wetmore, Dale Bailey, Kim Hester Williams, Jennifer K. Cox, and Joanna Parypinski. Their essays cover topics such as nostalgia, race, class, and new portrayals of the scary clown as zombies or phantoms. It also offers interviews with actors and directors working in the clown horror genre: Eoghan McQuinn (\u003ci\u003eStitches\u003c\/i\u003e), Kevin Kangas (\u003ci\u003eFear of Clowns\u003c\/i\u003e), and Jaysen Buterin (\u003ci\u003eKill Giggles\u003c\/i\u003e).  Some of fiction''s most terrifying creations--like the Killer Klowns, Captain Spaulding, Art the Clown, Krusty, Frowny, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eRon Riekki\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Television and Film Clown Horror\u003cbr\u003eA Clown in the Living Room: The Sinister Clown on Television\u003cbr\u003eKevin J. Wetmore, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eKiller Klowns vs. the Blob: Klowning Around in the Generation\u003cbr\u003eDale Bailey\u003cbr\u003eCorpses, Rejects, Afterlives: Welcome to Zombieland\u003cbr\u003eJason V. Brock\u003cbr\u003e\"Art for Art's Sake\": Art the Clown, Visuality, and the Cruelty of Allegoresis\u003cbr\u003eMattius Rischard\u003cbr\u003eClowns, Bogeymen, and the Anxiety of Strangers: Analyzing the Cautionary Elements of Jon Watts' Clown (2014)\u003cbr\u003eDebaditya Mukhopadhyay\u003cbr\u003eOut of the White (Terror) and into the Black (Presence): Difference as Monstrous in Stephen King's \u003cbr\u003eIt: Chapter\u003cbr\u003eKim Hester Williams\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: ­Real-Life Clown Horror\u003cbr\u003eThe Return of the Killer Clowns: A Field Guide to Surviving the Zombie Clown Apocalypse\u003cbr\u003eJennifer K. Cox\u003cbr\u003eThe Transcendental Anonymity and Moral Ambiguity of Phantom Clowns\u003cbr\u003eJoanna Parypinski\u003cbr\u003eFrom Scream to Screen: \"Killer Clown\" John Wayne Gacy on Film\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Radford\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Interviews and Accounts\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Kevin Kangas (Fear of Clowns, 2004)\u003cbr\u003eRon Riekki\u003cbr\u003eStitches (2012)\u003cbr\u003eEoghan McQuinn\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Jaysen Buterin (Kill Giggles, 2020)\u003cbr\u003eRon Riekki\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040473710935,"sku":"9781476680910","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680910.jpg?v=1750946874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-many-lives-of-scary-clowns-9781476680910","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}