Description
Book SynopsisFilm Censorship is a concise overview of Hollywood censorship and efforts to regulate American films. Sheri Chinen Biesen unveils the behind-the-scenes history of cinema censorship and explore how Hollywood responded to censorial constraints on screen content in a changing cultural and industrial landscape.
Trade ReviewAlthough most introductory textbooks touch upon the broader subject, with a short gloss of the Production Code Administration (PCA), there’s never been a handy guide or a more thorough treatment until now, with Sheri Chinen Biesen’s expertly researched, amply illustrated, and wonderfully concise primer
Film Censorship: Regulating America’s Screen. . . .
Film Censorship fills an important gap and is sure to provide a vital resource for students and readers eager to immerse themselves in this fascinating and equally fraught subject. -- Noah Isenberg * Film Quarterly *
[A] thoroughly researched introduction to American film censorship. -- Katherine Waters * Times Literary Supplement *
Through original and rich case studies, this volume explores the authorship, power and organization of censorship in compelling ways. Enormously valuable. -- Ellen Scott, University of California, Los Angeles
This impressive, concise, readable book should become a standard in university classrooms that teach American film culture. . . . Essential. * Choice *
Students of film censorship should learn about this crucial legal component of the regulation of American screens. * Journal of American History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
1. Pre-Code Era
2. Enforcing the Motion Picture Production Code
3. Post-war Developments
4. Pushing the Envelope: The Demise of Code Censorship
Epilogue: The Post-PCA Legacy of Censorship
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
