ISBN:
9780415610162
,
9780203828250
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XLIV, 282 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge classics
Parallel Title:
Print version Folk Devils and Moral Panics
DDC:
302/.17
Keywords:
Subculture
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Deviant behavior
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Young adults Case studies
;
Moral panics
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Großbritannien
;
Jugend
;
Abweichendes Verhalten
Abstract:
'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New SocietyMods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has its own moral panics. It was Stanley Cohen's classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly revised, that brought the term 'moral panic' into widespread discussion. It is an outstanding investigation of the way in which the media and often those in a position of political power define a condition, or group, as a threat to societal values and interests. Fanned by screaming media headlines, Cohen brilliantly demo
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Folk Devils and Moral Panics; Copyright Page; Contents; Moral Panics as Cultural Politics: Introduction to The Third Edition; 1. Deviance and Moral Panics; 2. The Inventory; 3. Reaction: Opinion and Attitude Themes; 4. Reaction: The Rescue and Remedy Phases; 5. On The Beaches: The Warning and the impact; 6. Contexts and Backgrounds: Youth in the Sixties; Appendix: Sources of Data; Selected Reading List; Notes and References; General Index; Author Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes -- Includes bibliographical references
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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