Moral boundaries and deviant music: Public attitudes toward heavy metal and rap

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-85

  Lynxwiler, John ^a   Gay, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0034387998     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016396200266388     Document Type: Article

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