Episode 165 - Moral Panic Series Part 4: LITERATURE AND COMIC DANGER!
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audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 31, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:39:36

In this final installment of our moral panic series, as well as our final episode of 2021, we go into various banned books, fears about literature's effect on "weaker minds," the hearings on comic books and juvenile delinquency, and what makes a moral panic. Whether it's murders attributed to Catcher in the Rye or the big boss battle between Fredric Wertham and William Gaines, there's plenty of historical examples to draw from. Then Ben wraps up with some considerations (and criticisms) of moral panic theory and how it can be misapplied.

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