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Satanic Panic
The Creation of a Contemporary Legend
A sociologist's analysis of the American Satanic cult scare of the 1980s and early 1990s. Victor examines rumour panics, survivor narratives, the role of therapists, evangelical groups and the media, and the social anxieties that made such claims believable. Drawing on folklore and sociology of deviance, it remains one of the foundational academic studies of the Satanic panic.
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