Inside shock music carnival: Spectacle as contested terrain

Critical Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 743-779

  Halnon, Karen Bettez ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; Carnival; Consumer society; Heavy metal; Spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344289349     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1569163042119868     Document Type: Article

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