Satanic Panic;

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Came across this title, and thought it sounded interesting.

Satanic Panic; Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s: Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe (Eds.)

Review from the Magonia Blog:

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In the early 1990s Magonia published a series of articles about the then-current 'Satanic abuse' panic, which involved unproven allegations of mass child abduction, abuse and sacrifice which were being promoted by a number of agencies, and receiving widespread press attention. We compared these stories to the narratives of individuals who had made claims of similar kinds of abuse, allegedly through been abducted by aliens, or as part of historical Satanic and witchcraft activities. [See links below]

 

The Satanic Abuse stories did not come from out of nowhere, and this book examines the wider popular cultural background in which they developed, particularly through mass-media and popular culture.

http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-satan-went-pop.html

Review from Fangoria:

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The ’80s: The doddering, bobble-headed Reagans, the Iran-Contra affair and the “Just Say No” slogan. New Wave. VHS and Betamax. Hair metal. Amazing genre films with killer practical FX. Any of these things may spring to mind when you think of that decadent decade, but some of you may recall the nefarious psychological plague that flung itself worldwide in search of cults, black magic, sacrifices and other dark rituals, to say nothing of heavy-metal singers testifying before Congress, murder and suicide by way of music and a decidedly devilish influence on horror films—as well as on GERALDO.

A thorough exploration of this phenomena during the “Me Decade” has exploded from the Spectacular Optical womb, kicking, bleating, and tossing its horns. SATANIC PANIC: POP-CULTURAL PARANOIA IN THE 1980s comes bound in a black cover with silver lettering and a pentagram-stamped goat, evoking a high-school metalhead’s notebook, albeit a neat one. Stuffed with 20 essays (plus a full-color glossy photo section) on the cultural havoc wrought by a wave of societal hysteria that permeated the Huey Lewis years, the 366-page tome is edited by Canadian genre authorities Kier-La Janisse (pictured above) and Paul Corupe. The content covers topics that were considered scandalous, salacious, bizarre and downright nightmarish. Such content can be so heavy at times, so filled with the brimstone that was raining from the sky, that one may have to give the book a rest when reading. Thankfully, you won’t have to put SATANIC PANIC down for long, as the essays are inherently fascinating.

http://www.fangoria.com/new/satanic-panic-book-review/