Desired panic: the folk devil as provocateur

This paper reconsiders the role and status of the folk devil in episodes of moral panic. Interrogating three significant sites of anxiety- school shootings, musical subcultures, and terrorism- it suggests each represents an exceptional case where panics’ excessive, asymmetrical, and disproportionate...

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Main Author: Walsh, James P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Deviant behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 9, Pages: 1192-1206
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