{"product_id":"dirty-words-and-filthy-pictures-film-and-the-first-amendment-paperback-softback-9781477307434","title":"Dirty Words and Filthy Pictures; Film and the First Amendment (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477307434","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDirty Words and Filthy Pictures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFilm and the First Amendment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeremy Geltzer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477307434, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 January 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An important reference book for scholars of the law and cinema.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Kirkus Reviews) \u003cdiv\u003e\"… clarity, combined with scholarly authority and a graceful narrative style…makes Jeremy Geltzer’s \u003ci\u003eDirty Words And Filthy Pictures: Film And The First Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e so compelling… valuable both as a specialized movie-­history text and a meditation on morality, freedom of expression, changing notions of what constitutes the scandalous, and how, well, nothing ever stays the same.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest days of cinema, scandalous films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) attracted audiences eager to see provocative images on screen. With controversial content, motion pictures challenged social norms and prevailing laws at the intersection of art and entertainment. Today, the First Amendment protects a wide range of free speech, but this wasn’t always the case. For the first fifty years, movies could be censored and banned by city and state officials charged with protecting the moral fabric of their communities. Once film was embraced under the First Amendment by the Supreme Court’s \u003ci\u003eMiracle\u003c\/i\u003e decision in 1952, new problems pushed notions of acceptable content even further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirty Words \u0026amp; Filthy Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e explores movies that changed the law and resulted in greater creative freedom for all. Relying on primary sources that include court decisions, contemporary periodicals, state censorship ordinances, and studio production codes, Jeremy Geltzer offers a comprehensive and fascinating history of cinema and free speech, from the earliest films of Thomas Edison to the impact of pornography and the Internet. With incisive case studies of risquÉ pictures, subversive foreign films, and banned B-movies, he reveals how the legal battles over film content changed long-held interpretations of the Constitution, expanded personal freedoms, and opened a new era of free speech. An important contribution to film studies and media law, Geltzer’s work presents the history of film and the First Amendment with an unprecedented level of detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Censoring the Cinema \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Boxing, Porn, and the Beginnings of Movie Censorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Rise of Salacious Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. State Regulations Emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Mutual and the Capacity for Evil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. War, Nudity, and Birth Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Self-Regulation Reemerges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Midnight Movies and Sanctioned Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Sound Enters the Debate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Tension Increases between Free Speech and State Censorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Threats from Abroad and Domestic Disturbances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Freedom of the Screen \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Outlaws and Miracles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. State Censorship Statutes on the Defense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Devil in the Details: Film and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Dirty Words, Filthy Pictures, and Where to Find Them \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Dirty Words: Profanity and the Patently Offensive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Filthy Pictures: Obscenity from Nudie Cuties to Fetish Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. The Porno Chic: From Danish Loops to Deep Throat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Just Not Here: Content Regulation through Zoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Censorship Today \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Is Censorship Necessary?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. The Politics of Profanity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589099352344,"sku":"9781477307434","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dirty-words-and-filthy-pictures-film-and-the-first-amendment-paperback-softback-9781477307434","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}