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Author:
Petley, Julian.
Title:
Film and video censorship in contemporary Britain / Julian Petley.
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
vi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Motion pictures--History.--Great Britain--History.
Home video systems--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [217]- 220) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- A nasty story -- Nastier still -- Two or three things I know about 'video nasties' -- 'The tenor of the times': an interview with James Ferman -- 'Reading society aright': five years after the Video Recordings Act -- The video image -- 'Not suitable for home viewing' -- Vicious drivel and lazy sluts -- Doing harm -- The anatomy of a newspaper campaign: Crash -- The last battle, or why Makin' whoopee! matters -- 'The way things are now': an interview with Robin Duval -- The limits of the possible -- Full circle.
ISBN:
0748625399 (pbk.)
9780748625390 (pbk.)
0748625380 (hbk.)
9780748625383 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)733692086
LCCN:
2011431360
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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