Censoring Sex: A Historical Journey Through American Media
In this gracefully written, accessible, and entertaining volume, John E. Semonche surveys censorship for reasons of sex from the nineteenth century up to the present. He covers the various forms of American media-books and periodicals, pictorial art, motion pictures, music and dance, radio, television, and the Internet. Despite the varieties of censorship, running from self-censorship to government bans, a common story is told. Censorship, whether undertaken to ward off government regulation,...
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In this gracefully written, accessible and entertaining volume, John Semonche surveys censorship for reasons of sex from the nineteenth century up until the present. He covers the various forms of American media—books and periodicals, pictorial art, motion pictures, music and dance, and radio, television, and the Internet. Despite the varieties of censorship, running from self-censorship to government bans, a common story is told. In each of the areas, Semonche explains via abundant examples how and why censorship took place. He also details how the cultural territory contested by those advocating and opposing censorship diminished over the course of the last two centuries.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Books and Periodicals: Seduction by the Written Word and Maybe a Picture or Two 9Dirty Pictures, Naked Statues, Etc.: You Call That Art? 55The Movies: Teaching the Wrong Lessons and in the Dark as Well 95Music and Dance: Stirring the Senses and Unleashing the Beast 137Home Invaders: Radio, Television, and the Internet 177Epilogue 223Endnotes 231Index 275About the Author 301
