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Folk devils and moral panics : the creation of the Mods and Rockers Stanley Cohen. electronic resource

By: Cohen, StanleyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge classicsPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York Routledge 2011Description: 1 online resource (xliv, 282 p.)ISBN: 9780203828250 (electronic bk.); 0203828259 (electronic bk.); 0415610168 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Social Science | Young adults - Great Britain - Case studies | Deviant behavior | Mining engineering | Electrical engineering | PSYCHOLOGY - Social Psychology | Subculture - Great Britain | Moral panicsDDC classification: 302/.17 Online access: Open e-book (Ruskin students only)
Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; 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;
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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<p>Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-266) and indexes. Description based on print version record. 635031779401764509</p>

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; 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;

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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