Applying Durkheim to Elvis
Elvis Presley has always had a very prominent and loyal fan following. In this article I argue that although Elvis fans are not substituting him for a deity, we can use one mechanism from Emile Durkheim’s theory of totemic religion to understand the human chemistry of his phenomenon. Specifically, I...
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Association française d'Etudes Américaines (AFEA)
2012
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/transatlantica.6095 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/lkqs https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6095 |
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