| Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Baker, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349481505 ISBN-13: 9781349481507 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Mental Health - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 155.93 |
| Series: Cultural Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.62 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zin dine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects. |