Bibliograph

Film censorship, regulating America's screen, Sheri Chinen Biesen

Type

Label

Film censorship, regulating America's screen, Sheri Chinen Biesen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Film censorship

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1013731220

Responsibility statement

Sheri Chinen Biesen

Series statement

Short cuts: introductions to film studies, 67

Sub title

regulating America's screen

Summary

This concise overview provides a survey from the "pre-Code" years and classic "golden age" to contemporary Hollywood censorship. It draws extensively on primary archival research to unveil the fascinating behind-the-scenes history of film censorship, exploring how Hollywood responded to censorial constraints on screen content in a changing cultural and industrial landscape

Table Of Contents

Pre-Code era -- Enforcing the motion picture production code -- Post-war developments -- Pushing the envelope: the demise of the Code censorship -- Epilogue: The post-PCA legacy of censorship

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