A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects.
| ISBN: | 9781137386137 |
| Publication date: | 5th June 2014 |
| Author: | Stephanie Alice Baker |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Cultural Sociology |
| Genres: |
Sociology Cultural studies Media studies Social and cultural history Politics and government |
A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects.
Social Tragedy features in the following genres: Sociology, Cultural studies, Media studies, Social and cultural history, Politics and government
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Social Tragedy was written by Stephanie Alice Baker and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Social Tragedy has 224 pages
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