Movie Censorship and American Culture
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American media controversies
artistic suppression discourse
battles over narrative control
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challenges to creative autonomy
cinematic freedom struggles
community standards activism
content restriction movements
contested cultural memory
contested depictions in art
cultural conflict over screens
cultural guardianship struggles
cultural pluralism challenges
debates over audience protection
disputes over cinematic portrayals
early movie scandals
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evolving standards of acceptability
film discourse in America
film industry oversight
film regulation history
film scholarship insights
freedom of expression debates
gender norms in film
historical film controversies
historical media flashpoints
Hollywood oversight
identity politics in movies
interpretation of visual narratives
marketplace versus regulation conflict
media ethics disputes
media influence concerns
media panic cycles
media policy debates
moral reform movements
morality debates in cinema
national identity and movies
political pressures on studios
politics of storytellin
popular culture flashpoints
power of mass entertainment
progressive era film battles
public morality campaigns
public outcry over films
public pressure on filmmakers
public sphere tensions
race and representation debates
regulation as cultural negotiation
shifting cultural boundaries
social anxieties in entertainment
societal reactions to screen content
state intervention in arts
visual culture politics
visual storytelling conflicts
watchdog groups and cinema
Product details
- ISBN 9781558495753
- Weight: 483g
- Dimensions: 149 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 04 Oct 2006
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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From the earliest days of public outrage over ""indecent"" nickelodeon shows, Americans have worried about the power of the movies. The eleven essays in this book examine nearly a century of struggle over cinematic representations of sex, crime, violence, religion, race, and ethnicity, revealing that the effort to regulate the screen has reflected deep social and cultural schisms. In addition to the editor, contributors include Daniel Czitrom, Marybeth Hamilton, Garth Jowett, Charles Lyons, Richard Maltby, Charles Musser, Alison M. Parker, Charlene Regester, Ruth Vasey, and Stephen Vaughn. Together, they make it clear that censoring the movies is more than just a reflex against ""indecency,"" however defined. Whether censorship protects the vulnerable or suppresses the creative, it is part of a broader culture war that breaks out recurrently as Americans try to come to terms with the market, the state, and the plural society in which they live.
FRANCIS G. COUVARES is E. Dwight Salmon professor of history and American studies at Amherst College. He is author of The Remaking of Pittsburgh: Class and Culture in an Industrializing City, 1877-1919 and co-author, with Martha Saxton, of Interpretations of American History.
