The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-107-12994-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Beginning in the nineteenth century with Anthony Comstock, America's 'censor in chief,' The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder explores how censors operate and why they wore out their welcome in society at large. This book explains how the same tactics were tried and eventually failed in the twentieth century, with efforts to censor music, comic books, television, and other forms of popular entertainment. The historic examples illustrate not just the mindset and tactics of censors, but why they are the ultimate counterculture warriors and why, in free societies, censors never occupy the moral high ground. This book is for anyone who wants to know more about why freedom of speech is important and how protections for free expression became part of the American identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corn-Revere, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medienethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The censor's dilemma; 2. Anthony Comstock: professional anti-vice crusader; 3. Comstock's legacy: a dilemma is born; 4. The Comstock playbook; 5. Seduction of the innocent: the comic book menace; 6. Ya got trouble: censorship and popular music; 7. The vast wasteland; 8. New age Comstockery: the indecency wars; 9. The anti-free speech movement; 10. Freedom of speech and the spirit of liberty.

Über Autor(innen)

Corn-Revere, Robert
Robert Corn-Revere is a leading First Amendment lawyer whose career has spanned over thirty-five years. He has argued cases in the Supreme Court, defeated the FCC in the Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction' case, and obtained a posthumous pardon for the late comedian Lenny Bruce from the Governor of New York.