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Title:

Movie censorship and American culture / edited by Francis G. Couvares.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xviii, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Motion pictures--Censorship--United States.
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Couvares, Francis G., 1948-

Notes:

Originally published in 1996. With a new preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The paradox of protest : American film, 1980-1992 / Charles Lyons. Passions and the passion play : theater, film, and religion in America, 1880-1900 / Charles Musser -- Mothering the movies : women reformers and popular culture / Alison M. Parker -- "To prevent the prevalent type of book" : censorship and adaptation in Hollywood, 1924-1934 / Richard Maltby -- Hollywood, main street, and the church : trying to censor the movies before the production code / Francis G. Couvares -- Black films-white censors : Oscar Micheaux confronts censorship in New York, Virginia, and Chicago / Charlene Regester -- Goodness had nothing to do with it : censoring Mae West / Marybeth Hamilton -- Foreign parts : Hollywood's global distribution and the representation of ethnicity / Ruth Vasey -- Political censorship during the Cold War : the Hollywood ten / Stephen Vaughn -- "A significant medium for the communication of ideas" : the Miracle decision and the decline of motion picture censorship, 1952-1968 / Garth Jowett -- The paradox of protest : American film, 1980-1992 / Charles Lyons.

ISBN:

9781558495753 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1558495754 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006018676

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)