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A Woman's Place Is in the (Greasepaint) White House: How the 2016 Presidential Election Sparked a Creepy Clown Craze
- Journal of American Folklore
- American Folklore Society
- Volume 134, Number 531, Winter 2021
- pp. 25-52
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
From August to November 2016, scary clowns captured the consciousness of much of the Western world. Driven by panic on an international scale, these clown sightings spread too quickly and broadly to conform to any existing genre classifications. This article situates the creepy clown phenomenon as a response to broad social anxieties surrounding the 2016 US presidential election.
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