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Title:

Culture shock [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS distributor,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

4 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn--Study and teaching.
Manet, Edouard,--1832-1883.--Olympia.
Arts and society.
Arts--Censorship.
Arts--Psychological aspects.
Motion pictures--History.--United States--History.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Jazz--1921-1930--History and criticism.
African American musicians
Jazz--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans in literature
Literature and society--United States.
Nude in art.
Art and society.

Other Authors:

Espar, David.
Carter, Maria Agui.
Lindsay, Calvin A.
Janows, Jill.
Lee, Leslie.
Rogers, Richard P.

Other Titles:

Hollywood censored.
Devil's music.
Born to trouble.
Shock of the nude.

Contents:

[1]. Hollywood censored : movies, morality & the Production Code (57 min.) -- [2]. The devil's music : 1920s jazz (56 min.) -- [3]. Born to trouble : Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [includes school controversy at Cherry Hill, N.J.] (87 min.) -- [4]. The shock of the nude : Manet's Olympia (57 min.).

Summary:

Series of four documentaries explores why particular works or forms of art became (and some remain) controversial, gives points of view on the effects of the arts on individuals and on society, and addresses censorship, and education. Each also is a self-contained documentary that analyses the particular form or work and presents the cultural milieu in which it was created.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65184068

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)