Folk devils and moral panics: the creation of the Mods and Rockers

"Mods 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 d...

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Main Author: Cohen, Stanley 1942-2013 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon New York Routledge 2011
In:Year: 2011
Edition:First publ. in Routledge classics
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Summary:"Mods 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 demonstrates how this leads to such groups being marginalised and vilified in the popular imagination, inhibiting rational debate about solutions to the social problems such groups represent. Furthermore, he argues that moral panics go even further by identifying the very fault lines of power in society. Full of sharp insight and analysis, Folk Devils and Moral Panics is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand this powerful and enduring phenomenon"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Physical Description:XLIV, 282 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780415610162
0203828259
0415610168
9780203828250