Censored : A Literary History of Subversion and Control (Hardcover)

from datrappert

Using selected examples, the authors trace the history of censorship, mostly in Britain and the United States. Because much of the law being applied in each country is the same from case to case, there is some unavoidable repetition of the intent of each law, its application, its impact, and (usu...

from pivic

This is a chronological historical view on censorship, what it is, how it has changed over centuries, and where it currently is, in quite some civilisations. The book spans not only "Western society", which is naturally good. Over all geographies and times, the recurring themes are moral panic, x...

from datrappert

Using selected examples, the authors trace the history of censorship, mostly in Britain and the United States. Because much of the law being applied in each country is the same from case to case, there is some unavoidable repetition of the intent of each law, its application, its impact, and (usu...

from pivic

This is a chronological historical view on censorship, what it is, how it has changed over centuries, and where it currently is, in quite some civilisations. The book spans not only "Western society", which is naturally good. Over all geographies and times, the recurring themes are moral panic, x...