{"product_id":"dirty-words-and-filthy-pictures-9781477307434","title":"Dirty Words and Filthy Pictures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging and comprehensive history of censorship and cinema reveals the ways in which film has had a lasting impact on the legal concept of free speech and personal freedoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important reference book for scholars of the law and cinema.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"… clarity, combined with scholarly authority and a graceful narrative style…makes Jeremy Geltzer’s \u003ci\u003eDirty Words And Filthy Pictures: Film And The First Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e so compelling… valuable both as a specialized movie-­history text and a meditation on morality, freedom of expression, changing notions of what constitutes the scandalous, and how, well, nothing ever stays the same.\" * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Censoring the Cinema \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Boxing, Porn, and the Beginnings of Movie Censorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Rise of Salacious Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. State Regulations Emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Mutual and the Capacity for Evil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. War, Nudity, and Birth Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Self-Regulation Reemerges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Midnight Movies and Sanctioned Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Sound Enters the Debate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Tension Increases between Free Speech and State Censorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Threats from Abroad and Domestic Disturbances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Freedom of the Screen \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Outlaws and Miracles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. State Censorship Statutes on the Defense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Devil in the Details: Film and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Dirty Words, Filthy Pictures, and Where to Find Them \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Dirty Words: Profanity and the Patently Offensive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Filthy Pictures: Obscenity from Nudie Cuties to Fetish Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. The Porno Chic: From Danish Loops to Deep Throat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Just Not Here: Content Regulation through Zoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Censorship Today \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Is Censorship Necessary?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. The Politics of Profanity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408943522135,"sku":"9781477307434","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477307434.jpg?v=1730504798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dirty-words-and-filthy-pictures-9781477307434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}