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Folk devils and moral panics

Mods and rockers fight, Brighton 1964
Mods and rockers fight, Brighton 1964

A detailed study by Stanley Cohen of the making of "moral panics" by the media, in particular examining the mods and rockers youth culture in the UK in the 1960s.

Submitted by Anonymous on July 11, 2017

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Folk-Devils.pdf (11.43 MB)
  • culture
  • riots
  • youth
  • United Kingdom
  • newspapers
  • Brighton
  • Stanley Cohen
  • style
  • PDF

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