Playing Dead : Mock Trauma and Folk Drama in Staged High School Drunk Driving Tragedies /

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As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a "victim" of drunk driving in a program called "Every 15 Minutes," the author observes the ritual through a folklorist's lens. This book examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Montana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
High school students > Psychology.
Folklore > Performance.
Folk drama.
Death > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Mort > Aspect social.
Éleves du secondaire > Psychologie.
Folklore > Interpretation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Jack Santino
  • Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies
  • Backdrop for the Scene
  • Marked for Death : Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play
  • Engrossed Out : Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama
  • The Dazzle and Darkness of Play
  • Shattering Frames : The Crash through YouTube's Window
  • Conclusion : Rustles in the Gallery.

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