“Time Is a Flat Circle”: True Detective and the Specter of Moral Panic in American Pop Culture

This article uses the television series True Detective as a case study to examine an ongoing media cycle in which moral panics are inspired by popular culture and vice versa. In an interview about True Detective, writer Nic Pizzolatto hinted that a murderous cult portrayed in the show was based on m...

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Published in:Journal of religion and popular culture
Main Author: Laycock, Joseph P. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2015]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Further subjects:B True Detective
B Conspiracy Theory
B Satanism
B Moral Panic
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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