'Do we look like boy racers?' The role of the folk devil in contemporary moral panics

This article addresses the failure of studies concerning moral panics to take into account the reaction of those individuals who are the subject of social anxiety. It responds to the suggestion by McRobbie and Thornton (1995) that studies of moral panic need to account for the role played by the �...

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Main Author: Karen Lumsden
Format: Default Article
Published: 2009
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Sociology not elsewhere classified
Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Boy racers
Car cultures
Ethnography
Media
Moral panics
Subcultures
Youth
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Sociology
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11669
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