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Marginal Conventions: Popular Culture, Mass Media and Social Deviance University of Wisconsin Press
Marginal Conventions: Popular Culture, Mass Media and Social Deviance
University of Wisconsin Press
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."
Marc Notes: Avail. in cloth at $35.95 to Hypnosis & Psychotherapy ... 1988. Publisher Marketing: 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.
Contributor Bio: Sanders, Clinton R Sanders is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 31, 1990 |
| ISBN13 | 9780879724900 |
| Publishers | The Popular Press |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 11 mm · 266 g |
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