Bibliograph

Obscenity rules, Roth v. United States and the long struggle over sexual expression, Whitney Strub

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Obscenity rules, Roth v. United States and the long struggle over sexual expression, Whitney Strub

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Obscenity rules

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

836261725

Responsibility statement

Whitney Strub

Series statement

Landmark law cases & American society

Sub title

Roth v. United States and the long struggle over sexual expression

Table Of Contents

Toward obscenity : legal evolution from colonies to comstock -- Modernizing free speech : politics, sex, and the First Amendment in the early twentieth century -- Samuel Roth, from art to smut -- The absent Supreme Court : obscenity doctrine in the 1940s -- Cold War, hot lust : sexual politics in the 1950s -- Anatomy of a case -- Writing Roth : the court opines -- The two Roths : liberalization, regulation, and the apparent paradox of obscenity in the 1960s -- From porno chic to new critiques : conservatives, feminists, and backlash to obscenity -- Epilogue : after obscenity?

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