Desired Panic
The Folk Devil as Provocateur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2153299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James P Walsh (0000-0003-2151-330X, University Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1192-1206 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Deviant Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01639625.2019.1603532 |
| OpenAlex | W2939598561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 117 |
This paper reconsiders the role and status of the folk devil in episodes of moral panic. Interrogating three significant sites of anxiety- school shootings, musical subcultures, and terrorism- it suggests each represents an exceptional case where panics' excessive, asymmetrical, and disproportionate qualities are desired and activated by the very objects of alarm. Devoting considered attention to folk devils' agency and interests, reveals how, in many important instances, they represent provocateurs or critical interactants whose activities are oriented to evoking overwrought responses. Such a perspective illuminates the vicissitudes of reaction, promoting a more robust account of panics' origins, functions, and effects
Agency (philosophy · Anxiety · Art · Criminology · Moral panic · Panic · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Visual arts · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |