ISBN:
0813542219
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9780813542218
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xxx, 402 p)
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ill
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21 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Not in Front of the Children : "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth
DDC:
303.3/76/0973
Schlagwort(e):
Censorship History 20th century
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National characteristics, American History 20th century
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Youth Social conditions 20th century
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Obscenity (Law)
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Censorship ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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National characteristics, American ; History ; 20th century
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Obscenity (Law) ; United States
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United States ; Moral conditions ; History ; 20th century
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Youth ; United States ; Social conditions ; 20th century
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Electronic books
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United States Moral conditions 20th century
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History
Kurzfassung:
From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, from Internet filters to the v-chip, censorship exercised on behalf of children and adolescents is often based on the assumption that they must be protected from "indecent" information that might harm their development-whether in art, in literature, or on a Web site. But where does this assumption come from, and is it true?. In Not in Front of the Children, Marjorie Heins explores the fascinating history of "indecency" laws and other restrictions aimed at protecting youth. From Plato's argument for rigid censorship, through Victorian laws aimed at repress
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Acknowledgments; Introduction to the 2007 Edition; Introduction; From Plato to Computers; Youth and Censorship: A Road Map; Clarifications and Caveats; Chapter 1: ""To Deprave and Corrupt""; Minors, Censorship, Sex, and History; The Invention of Childhood?; ""Protecting the Young and Immature""; Free Love, the Comstock Law, and ""Secret Entertainment""; Some Judges Start Asking Questions; Chapter 2: More Emetic Than Aphrodisiac; Freud, the First Amendment, and a First Round with Ulysses; Minors and Obscenity in the '30s and '40s
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Juvenile Delinquency, Social Science, Comic Books, and Professor KinseyIntellectual Ramblings; Chapter 3: The Great and Mysterious Motive Force in Human Life; The Supreme Court Speaks- Finally; Protecting Young Psyches After Butler and Roth; Buttons, Armbands, The Little Red School Book, and Rupert Bear; Contents; Justice Brennan Changes His Mind; Chapter 4: Policing The Airwaves; Oral Sex, and ""the Public Convenience, Interest, or Necessity""; Jerry Garcia and a Definition for Indecency; Shielding Young Ears from the Seven Dirty Words; Pacifica in the Supreme Court
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 5: The Reign Of DecencyThe FCC, the Meese Commission, and Art About AIDS; Act I, the Irrepressible Mr. Stern, and Perhaps Molly Brown; Sealed Wrappers, Blinder Racks, and Dial-a-Porn; A Few Judges Think About Indecency and Harm; School Censorship, Heinous Crimes, and Violent Videos; Chapter 6: The Educational Minefield: Sexuality and Education; Modesty, Virtue, and Early Battles over Sex Ed; Teen Pregnancy and Sex Respect; Abstinence Unless Married ; Models of Sexuality Education; Chapter 7: Indecency Law on Trial: Reno V. ACLU; Panic over Cyberspace; The Wired Courtroom
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
A Never-Ending Worldwide ConversationChapter 8: Filtering Fever; The Politics of Filtering- Blocking Sex, Vulgarity, and Dr. Seuss; State Laws, Loudoun County, and Reno II; Heavy Breathing: The ""Harry Met Sally"" Case; V-Chips, and Ratings Revisited; Violence, Curse Words, and Kids at Century's End; Chapter 9: Cultural Differences; Minors in the Global Culture; Video Nasties and the Venerable BBFC; The French Letter and Internet Watch; The European Union Weighs In; ""Les Dangers Ubuesques du Filtrage""; Chapter 10: Media Effects; Imitation and Catharsis; Disproving Aristotle
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Definitional DillemmasSex, Violence, and Social Science; Kids, Ambiguity, and the Social Cognition Approach; Conclusion: ""The Ethical and Moral Development of Youth""; Notes; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2001. With new introduction
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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