1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462809503321

Autore

Miller Montana

Titolo

Playing dead [[electronic resource] ] : mock trauma and folk drama in staged high school drunk-driving tragedies / / Montana Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2012

ISBN

1-4571-8471-0

1-283-90663-5

0-87421-892-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Ritual, Festival, and Celebration ; ; v.2

Ritual, festival, and celebration ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

398.27/7

Soggetti

Folklore - Performance

Folk drama

High school students - Psychology

Death - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by Jack Santino; 1. Every 15 Minutes Someone Dies; 2. Backdrop for the Scene; 3. Marked for Death: Ambiguity and Slippery Steps in Frames of Play; 4. Engrossed Out: Every 15 Minutes as Folk Drama; 5. The Dazzle and Darkness of Play; 6. Shattering Frames: The Crash through YouTube's Window; Conclusion: Rustles in the Gallery; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a "victim" of drunk driving in a program called "Every 15 Minutes," Montana Miller observes the ritual through a folklorist's lens. Playing Dead examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these mock tragedies without any national sponsorship or coordination. Often, the event is complete with a staged accident in the parking lot, a life-flight helicopter, and faux eulogies for the "dead" students read in school assemblies. Grounding her research in play theory, frame theory, and theory of folk drama,



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707728603321

Titolo

Data management and information security

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health], , [2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : color illustrations

Soggetti

Emergency medical personnel - Health and hygiene - United States

Computer security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143639403321

Titolo

Signos históricos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ciudad de México : , : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Departamento de Filosofía, , 1999-

Soggetti

History

Histoire

History

Periodicals.

Mexico History Periodicals

Latin America History Periodicals

Latin America

Mexico

Mexique Histoire Périodiques

Amérique latine Histoire Périodiques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico



Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

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