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Freedom to Offend
Raymond J. Haberski
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Description for Freedom to Offend
In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. This work details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. In Freedom to Offend, Raymond J. Haberski Jr. details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. In the libertine 1970s, arguments supporting the right to see challenging films were twisted to provide intellectual cover for movies created solely to lure viewers with outrageous or titillating material. Haberski exposes the unquestioning defense of free expression as an absolutist approach that mirrors the censorial impulse ... Read more
In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. In Freedom to Offend, Raymond J. Haberski Jr. details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. In the libertine 1970s, arguments supporting the right to see challenging films were twisted to provide intellectual cover for movies created solely to lure viewers with outrageous or titillating material. Haberski exposes the unquestioning defense of free expression as an absolutist approach that mirrors the censorial impulse ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124292
SKU
V9780813124292
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About Raymond J. Haberski
Raymond J. Haberski Jr. is assistant professor of history at Marian College.
Reviews for Freedom to Offend
A splendid consideration of the paradox of cultural freedom in a society where the buck matters most. - David Steigerwald, author of Culture's Vanities: The Paradox of Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World