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Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1996
ISBN 10: 1560986697ISBN 13: 9781560986690
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 334 pp., x. '1' in the number line. Following the Acknowledgments, Contents divided into 12 Essays: [1] " Francis G. Couvares, "Introduction"; [2] Daniel Czitrom, "The Politics of Performance: Theater Licensing and the Origins of Movie Censorship in New York"; [3] Charles Musser, "Passions and the Passion Play: Theater, Film, and Religion in America, 1880-1900"; [4] Alison M. Parker, Mothering the Movies: "Women Reformers and Popular Culture" [5] Richard Maltby, " ' To Prevent the Prevalent Type of Book' : Censorship and Adaptation in Hollywood, 1924-1934"; [6] Francis G. Couvares, "Hollywood, Main Street and the Church: Trying to Censor the Movies before the Production Code"; [7] Charlene Regester, "Black Films, White Censors: Oscar Micheaux Confronts Censorship in New York, Virginia, and Chicago"; [8] Marybeth Hamilton, "Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It: Censoring Mae West"; [9] Ruth Vasey, "Foreign Parts: Hollywood's Global Distribution and the Representation of Ethnicity"; [10] Stephen Vaughn, "Political Censorship During the Cold War: The Hollywood Ten"; [11] Garth Jowett, " 'A Significant Medium for the Communication of Ideas ' : The Miracle Decision and the Decline of Motion Picture Censorship, 1952-1968"; [12] Charles Lyons, "The Paradox of Protest: American Film, 1980-1992"; Contributors, pp. 319-320; Index, pp. 321-334. Essay Notes at ends of Essays. Glossy Black wrappers with Title Lettering in large orange letters from top to bottom front cover; editor name lettering in small white letters at top right front cover; small rectangular black and white photo-illustration of a street protest (detail) at right middle front cover.Book is FLAWLESS, evidently opened only for Author's dating of presentation (8/98), "To ------ & ____ (first names only), and ' Frank '.