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8%OFFLeigh Ann Wheeler - Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873–1935 - 9780801878022 - V9780801878022
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Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873–1935

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Description for Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873–1935 Hardback. It cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Radio "shock jocks," Super Bowl entertainment, music videos, and internet spam-all of these topics inspire passionate disagreements about whether and how to regulate sexually explicit material. But even in the midst of heated debate, most people agree that children should be shielded from exposure to pornographic images. Why are children the focal point of debates over sexually explicit material? And how did a culture rooted in Puritanism and Victorianism become saturated with sex? In Against Obscenity, Leigh Ann Wheeler offers new answers to these questions through a study of women's anti-obscenity activism from 1873 to 1935. This period saw ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Reconfiguring American Political History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801878022
SKU
V9780801878022
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About Leigh Ann Wheeler
Leigh Ann Wheeler is an associate professor of history and American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University.

Reviews for Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873–1935
What constitutes obscenity is a contentious issue, and Wheeler makes it clear that historically, it has been dangerous ground for feminists... Her analysis is convincing. Choice 2005 Wheeler's account of the anti-obscenity campaign illuminates the importance of gender to that history; she seamlessly explores the movement as it shifted from the local to the national level; and she meticulously recounts ... Read more

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