Pop Culture Panics
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Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency
By Karen SternheimerK.Rowling«s Harry Potter books became runaway best sellersinthelate 1990s, andthena blockbusterfilm seriesbeginning in2001, someparents and churchleaders complained thatthe boy wizard promoted theoccult and Satanismto ...
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Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency
By Karen SternheimerAccording to activist Jon Watkins, “Satan is up to his old tricks again, and the main focus is the children of the world.” Watkins also claimed that “the whole purpose of these books is to desensitize readers and introduce them to the ...
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Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency
By Karen SternheimerThis short text, ideal for use in undergraduate social problems or social deviance courses, uses fascinating stories from American popular culture, to help convey the "sociological imagination" to undergraduates.
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Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency
By Karen SternheimerThis short text examines extreme reactions to American popular culture over the past century, including crusades against comic books, music, and pinball machines, to help convey the "sociological imagination" to undergraduates.
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Pop Culture Panics
By Karen SternheimerPop Culture Panics