Obscenity Reactions: Toward a Symbolic Interactionist Explanation |
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Authors: | WILLIAM H FODDY |
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Institution: | Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
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Abstract: | It is suggested that there is a syndrome of reactions elicited by stimuli people define as obscene and that these reactions can be explained within a symbolic interactionist framework. More specifically, it is argued that they are reactions to the denial or destruction of a person's ability to achieve and/or maintain an identity that is socially acceptable to him within a particular situation. |
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