Download or read book Marginal Conventions written by Clinton Sanders and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marginal Conventions contains twelve essays by social scientists centering around the general connections between popular culture and deviant behavior. In addition to speaking to the commonsensical view that exposure to representations of misbehavior makes people misbehave, this collection focuses on media presentations of crime, violence, and villainy; the utility of deviance theme for societal elites; and the "taste publics" centered around disreputable products and rituals.