SOCB50H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-12: Shasta County, California, Morphine, Embezzlement
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The razor blade in the apple: the social construction of. Urban legends by joel best and gerald t. horiuchi (cid:1) Halloween sadism remains because: (1) some of the same sources of strain continue to exist: media still publicize threats to children, fear of crime and strangers remain high, (2) halloween sadism is an established urban legend; it can remain as a taken for granted, part of american culture, (3) folklorists have traced the evolution of some legends over centuries. Urban legends as unconstructed social problems (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Gregory p. stone (1959) halloween and the mass child (cid:1) (cid:1: traced evolution of halloween, from elaborate pranks of adolescents to playful trick or treating of young children, 1950s children did not understand the premise of trick or treat" but was an occasion to receive candy, children are urged to refuse homemade treats and accept only coupons or mass produced candy with intact wrappings.
