American Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970-2000

This book examines the "satanic panic" of the 1980s as an essential part of the growing relationship between tabloid media and American conservative politics in the 1980s. It argues that widespread fears of Satanism in a range of cultural institutions was indispensable to the development a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Hughes, Sarah A., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2021.
Edición:1st ed. 2021.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic,
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45847587*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. A 'Vast Wasteland': American Media in the 1980s
  • 2. 'The Hyperreal and the Imaginary': The Satanic Panic as Infotainment
  • 3. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranormal Activity in Evangelical Suburbia
  • 4. 'The Perils of Punky': Gender, Childhood, and the Occult
  • 5. Stay Tuned: The Panic and its Legacies.