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Satanic Panic in the 21st Century

The 80s and the Panics of Today

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Satanic Panic in the 21st Century

The 80s and the Panics of Today

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Description

In this book, Anna J. Brecke offers an overview of the Satanic Panic and QAnon movements as they are represented in a variety of media forms and contextualized by the social and cultural trends that informed each movement.

When it is remembered, the Satanic Panic is often dismissed as a cultural fluke that flared during the Reagan era in America and quickly disappeared. This book asks why we were so quick to move on from the 80s panic that was so prevalent in popular culture for over a decade, and where similar themes have recently resurfaced in the QAnon movement. Brecke provides a survey of the fiction and non-fiction treatments in popular culture that represent both, and offers sociocultural context for the spread of conspiratorial thinking through various media forms that perpetuate rumors and stoke public hysteria around the alleged threat of Satanism in America. Old and new media alike are complicit in the recuperation and interrogation of the 80s panic, as well as being responsible for representations of current panic themes today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Context and Connections
2. The Panic in Print
3. Panicking on Television
4. Panicking at the Movies
5. QAnon: The New Panic
6. Panicking in New Audio Media
Conclusion

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 04 Feb 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 208
ISBN 9781666963281
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Anna J. Brecke

Anna J. Brecke Assistant Professor of Humanities a…

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