Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology (Cultural Sociology) - Softcover

Book 9 of 27: Cultural Sociology

Baker, S.

 
9781349481507: Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology (Cultural Sociology)

Synopsis

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, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 – to examine their social and political effects.

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About the Author

Stephanie Alice Baker is a Researcher in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

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