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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Deviant behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 9, Pages: 1192-1206 |
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| Summary: | 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 qualities are desired and activated by the very objects of alarm. Devoting considered attention to folk devils’ agency and interests, reveals how, in many important instances, they represent provocateurs or critical interactants whose activities are oriented to evoking overwrought responses. Such a perspective illuminates the vicissitudes of reaction, promoting a more robust account of panics’ origins, functions, and effects. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1202-1206 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0456 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01639625.2019.1603532 |
