Dirty words & filthy pictures film and the First Amendment / Jeremy Geltzer ; foreword by Alex Kozinski.

Author/creator Geltzer, Jeremy, 1969-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Descriptionxii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Motion pictures--Censorship. --United States.
Motion pictures--Law and legislation. --United States.
Motion picture industry--Law and legislation. --United States.
Motion pictures--History.
Freedom of speech--United States.

Variant title Dirty words and filthy pictures
Contents Boxing, porn, and the beginnings of movie censorship -- The rise of salacious cinema -- State regulations emerge -- Mutual and the capacity for evil -- War, nudity, and birth control -- Self-regulation reemerges -- Midnight movies and sanctioned cinema -- Sound enters the debate -- Tension increases between free speech and state censorship -- Threats from abroad and domestic disturbances -- Outlaws and miracles -- State censorship statutes on the defense -- Devil in the details : film and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments -- Dirty words : profanity and the patently offensive -- Filthy pictures : obscenity from nudie cuties to fetish films -- The porno chic : from Danish loops to Deep throat -- Just not here : content regulation through zoning -- Is censorship necessary? -- The politics of profanity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 358-359) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015010217
ISBN9781477307403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781477307434 (softcover : alk. paper)