Bad Clowns
eBook - ePub

Bad Clowns

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bad Clowns

About this book

Bad clowns—those malicious misfits of the midway who terrorize, haunt, and threaten us—have long been a cultural icon. This book describes the history of bad clowns, why clowns go bad, and why many people fear them. Going beyond familiar clowns such as the Joker, Krusty, John Wayne Gacy, and Stephen King’s Pennywise, it also features bizarre, lesser-known stories of weird clown antics including Bozo obscenity, Ronald McDonald haters, killer clowns, phantom-clown abductors, evil-clown panics, sex clowns, carnival clowns, troll clowns, and much more. Bad Clowns blends humor, investigation, and scholarship to reveal what is behind the clown’s dark smile.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. A Short History of the Earliest Clowns
  10. 2. The Despicable Rogue Mr. Punch
  11. 3. The Unnatural Nature of the Evil Clown
  12. 4. Coulrophobia: Fear of Clowns
  13. 5. Bad Clowns of the Ink
  14. 6. Bad Clowns of the Screen
  15. 7. Bad Clowns of the Song
  16. 8. The Carnal Carnival: Buffoon Boffing and Clown Sex
  17. 9. Creepy, Criminal, and Killer Clowns
  18. 10. Activist Clowns
  19. 11. Crazed Caged Carny Clowns
  20. 12. The Phantom Clowns
  21. 13. Trolls and the Future of Bad Clowns
  22. Notes
  23. References Cited
  24. Index

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Information

Publisher
UNM Press
Year
2016
Topic
Social Sciences
Print ISBN
9780826356666
Subtopic
Folklore & Mythology
eBook ISBN
9780826356673
Index
Social Sciences

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