Evaluation of Youth Peer-to-peer Impaired Driving Programs. Final Report
Title | Evaluation of Youth Peer-to-peer Impaired Driving Programs. Final Report PDF eBook |
Author | W. A. Leaf |
Publisher | |
Pages | 87 |
Release | 1995 |
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Evaluation of Youth Peer-to-peer Impaired Driving Programs
Title | Evaluation of Youth Peer-to-peer Impaired Driving Programs PDF eBook |
Author | W. A. Leaf |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Automobile driver education |
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Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects, 1987-1997
Title | Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects, 1987-1997 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Traffic accidents |
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Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects: a Decade and Beyond. Annotated Bibliography 1985-1995
Title | Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects: a Decade and Beyond. Annotated Bibliography 1985-1995 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1996 |
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Impaired-Driving Prevention Programs for Youth: Guidelines for Success
Title | Impaired-Driving Prevention Programs for Youth: Guidelines for Success PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa J. Molnlar, Fredrick M. Streff, Jean T. Shope |
Publisher | |
Pages | 85 |
Release | 1996 |
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Youth Driving Without Impairment
Title | Youth Driving Without Impairment PDF eBook |
Author | National Commission against Drunk Driving (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Drinking and traffic accidents |
ISBN |
Playing Dead
Title | Playing Dead PDF eBook |
Author | Montana Miller |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2012-12-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0874218926 |
As the Grim Reaper pulls a student out of class to be a “victim” of drunk driving in a program called “Every 15 Minutes,” Montana Miller observes the ritual through a folklorist’s lens. Playing Dead examines why hundreds of American schools and communities each year organize these mock tragedies without any national sponsorship or coordination. Often, the event is complete with a staged accident in the parking lot, a life-flight helicopter, and faux eulogies for the “dead” students read in school assemblies. Grounding her research in play theory, frame theory, and theory of folk drama, Miller investigates key aspects of this emergent tradition, paying particular attention to its unplanned elements—enabled by the performance’s spontaneous nature and the participants’ tendency to stray from the intended frame. Miller examines such variations in terms of the program as a whole, analyzing its continued popularity and weighing its success as perceived by participants. Her fieldwork reveals a surprising aspect of Every 15 Minutes that typical studies of ritual do not include: It can be fun. Playing Dead is volume two of the series Ritual, Festival, and Celebration, edited by Jack Santino.