Stained red: A study of stigma by association to blacklisted artists during the "red scare" in hollywood, 1945 to 1960

American Sociological Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-478

  Pontikes, Elizabeth ^a   Negro, Giacomo ^b   Rao, Hayagreeva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

categorization; diffusion; moral panics; stigma

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FILM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; HOLLYWOOD [LOS ANGELES]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049451903     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122410368929     Document Type: Article

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