Censorship Moments

2014-11-20 Political Science

Author : Geoff Kemp
Release : 2014-11-20
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Censorship Moments written by Geoff Kemp. This book was released on 2014-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Censorship in varying forms has been part of human experience for 2,500 years and has proved itself to be a recurring presence for political thought, whether as active repression, a shaping context for expression, or as itself a subject for analysis and argument. From the death of Socrates to the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, attempts to silence thinkers and writers have provoked passionate and often penetrating responses that speak of their historical moment. Censorship Moments will provide short, accessible and stimulating access to a variety of these responses. Each chapter will couple a short textual 'moment' of writing on censorship and freedom of expression by a past writer with analysis by an expert current scholar. The book's main focus is the public political dimension of censorship, in its relation to political authority and political thought, while also reflecting on the porous boundary to literature and other areas such as law and the media.

Censorship Moments

2014 Censorship

Author : Geoffrey Kemp
Release : 2014
Genre : Censorship
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Book Rating : 078/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Censorship Moments written by Geoffrey Kemp. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Censorship in varying forms has been part of human experience for 2,500 years and has proved to be a recurring presence for political thought, whether as active repression, a shaping context for expression, or as itself a subject for analysis and argument. From the death of Socrates to the present, attempts to silence thinkers and writers have provoked passionate and often penetrating responses that speak of their historical moment. Censorship Moments provides short, accessible and stimulating essays on a variety of these responses. Each chapter pairs a textual 'moment' of writing on censorship by a past writer with analysis by an expert current scholar. The book's main focus is the public political dimension of censorship and freedom of expression, in its relation to political authority and political thought, while also reflecting on the porous boundary to literature and other areas such as law and the media. Authors of the essays include Gregory Claeys, Stephen Ingle and Melissa Lane."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Censored

2020-02-18 Political Science

Author : Margaret E. Roberts
Release : 2020-02-18
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 004/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Censored written by Margaret E. Roberts. This book was released on 2020-02-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking and surprising look at contemporary censorship in China As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be easily evaded by savvy internet users. In Censored, Margaret Roberts demonstrates that even censorship that is easy to circumvent can still be enormously effective. Taking advantage of digital data harvested from the Chinese internet and leaks from China's Propaganda Department, Roberts sheds light on how censorship influences the Chinese public. Drawing parallels between censorship in China and the way information is manipulated in the United States and other democracies, she reveals how internet users are susceptible to control even in the most open societies. Censored gives an unprecedented view of how governments encroach on the media consumption of citizens.

Film Censorship in America

2017-11-28 Performing Arts

Author : Jeremy Geltzer
Release : 2017-11-28
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Film Censorship in America written by Jeremy Geltzer. This book was released on 2017-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first films played in nickelodeons, controversial movies have been cut or banned across the United States. Far from Hollywood, regional productions such as Oscar Micheaux's provocative race films and Nell Shipman's wildlife adventures were censored by men like Major M.L.C. Funkhouser, the terror of Chicago's cinemas, and Myrtelle Snell, the Alabama administrator who made the slogan "Banned in Birmingham" famous. Censorship continues today, with Utah's case against Deadpool (2016) pending in federal court and Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills (2013) versus the Texas Film Commission. This authoritative state-by-state account covers the history of film censorship and the battle for free speech in America.

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2012-08-18 History

Author : Jonathan E. Abel
Release : 2012-08-18
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 346/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Redacted written by Jonathan E. Abel. This book was released on 2012-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the contradictory relationships between preservation, production, and redaction to shed light on the dark valley attributed to wartime culture and to cast a shadow on the supposedly bright, open space of free postwar discourse.

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