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1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-371) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- From Plato to computers -- Youth and censorship : a road map -- Clarifications and caveats --- "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 -- More emetic than aphrodisiac -- Freud, the First Amendment, and a first round with Ulysses -- Minors and obscenity in the '30s and '40s -- Juvenile delinquency, social science, comic books, and Professor Kinsey -- Intellectual rumblings -- 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 -- Justice Brennan changes his mind -- Policing the airwaves -- Oral sex, and "the public convenience, interest, or necessity" -- Jerry Garcia and a definition of indecency -- Shielding young ears from the seven dirty words -- Pacifica in the Supreme Court -- The reign of decency -- The FCC, the Meese Commission, and Art about AIDS -- ACT I, the irrepressible Mr. Stern, and perhaps Molly Bloom -- Sealed wrappers, blinder racks, and dial-a-porn -- A few judges think about indecency and harm -- School censorship, heinous crimes, and violent videos -- The ideological minefield : sexuality education -- Modesty, virtue, and early battles over sex ed -- Teen pregnancy and sex respect -- Abstinence unless married -- Models of sexuality education -- Indecency law on trial : Reno v. ACLU -- Panic over cyberspace -- The wired courtroom -- A never-ending worldwide conversation -- 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 word, and kids at century's end -- 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" -- Media effects -- Imitation and catharsis -- Disproving Aristotle -- Definitional dilemmas -- Sex, violence, and social science -- Kids, ambiguity, and the social cognition approach -- Conclusion : the ethical and moral development of youth. |
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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)
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Youth -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0374175454 (alk. paper) |
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