Prurient Interests Gender, Democracy, and Obscenity in New York City, 1909-1945 |
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| Author:
| Friedman, Andrea |
| Series title: | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-11066-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2000 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Exploring motion pictures, burlesque, and Broadway theater-three forms of entertainment that were regularly condemned by anti-obscenity activists in the early 1900s-Friedman shows how the struggle to define and regulate obscenity played out in New York before it was codified nationally by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Exploring motion pictures, burlesque, and Broadway theater-three forms of entertainment that were regularly condemned by anti-obscenity activists in the early 1900s-Friedman shows how the struggle to define and regulate obscenity played out in New York before it was codified nationally by the U.S. Supreme Court.