Our Lady of Royal Oak: The Natural History of an Expressive Crowd
A collective behavior approach is employed to study crowds that gathered nightly in Royal Oak, Michigan, where an image of the Virgin Mary was reported to appear on the wall of a church. The crowd milieu is described as well as the specialized roles that emerged among the viewers at varying stages o...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1990
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| Στο/Στη: |
Sociological analysis
Έτος: 1990, Τόμος: 51, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 83-89 |
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| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
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| Σύνοψη: | A collective behavior approach is employed to study crowds that gathered nightly in Royal Oak, Michigan, where an image of the Virgin Mary was reported to appear on the wall of a church. The crowd milieu is described as well as the specialized roles that emerged among the viewers at varying stages of the growth and then demise of the crowds. Though local religious sightings may attract large numbers of believers, their lifespans are limited in the absence of a leader, prophet, or message. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711342 |