Marginal Conventions - Popular Culture, Mass Media and Social Deviance (Paperback)


Marginal Conventions contains twelve essays by social scientists centering around the general connections between popular culture and deviant behavior. In addition to speaking to the commonsensical view that exposure to representations of misbehavior makes people misbehave, this collection focuses on media presentations of crime, violence, and villainy; the utility of deviance theme for societal elites; and the "taste publics" centered around disreputable products and rituals.

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Marginal Conventions contains twelve essays by social scientists centering around the general connections between popular culture and deviant behavior. In addition to speaking to the commonsensical view that exposure to representations of misbehavior makes people misbehave, this collection focuses on media presentations of crime, violence, and villainy; the utility of deviance theme for societal elites; and the "taste publics" centered around disreputable products and rituals.

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Product Details

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Imprint

Bowling Green University Popular Press,US

Country of origin

United States

Release date

1990

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

1990

Dimensions

235 x 159 x 13mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

192

ISBN-13

978-0-87972-490-0

Barcode

9780879724900

Categories

LSN

0-87972-490-0



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