A person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant
This article is about the sociological phenomena. For the band, see Folk Devils.
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Folk devil is a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts of social problems; see also: scapegoat.
The pursuit of folk devils frequently intensifies into a mass movement that is called a moral panic. When a moral panic is in full swing, the folk devils are the subject of loosely organized but pervasive campaigns of hostility through gossip and the spreading of urban legends. The mass media sometimes get in on the act or attempt to create new folk devils in an effort to promote controversy. Sometimes the campaign against the folk devil influences a nation's politics and legislation.
Folkdevil is a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts...
panic in a 1967–1969 PhD thesis that became the basis for his 1972 book FolkDevils and Moral Panics. In the book, Cohen describes the reaction among the...
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take on the appearance of cats or dogs. It wears red dresses. Chak – A folkdevil. He was specifically busy corrupting peasants. While sometimes shown in...
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customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances, and initiation rites....
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world. A common theme is that of clever animals and tricksters like the devil or witches getting married, although many variations of this theme exist...
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