Obscenity and the Law
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| - | "In this period, certainly, there was a clear increase in the number of obscenity cases brought to the courts, as made apparent by [[P. R. MacMillan]] in his detailed exploration, ''[[Censorship and Public Morality]]''. MacMillan in his book makes frequent reference to Norman St John Stevas's ''[[Obscenity and the Law]]'', published in 1956. These three books, taken together, provide three contrasting but compatible perspectives on this war'. Stevas provides an antedated, preparatory critique of the ..."--"Disseminating Desire", [[Richard Ellis]] in ''[[Perspectives on Pornography: Sexuality in Film and Literature]]'', 1988, [[Clive Bloom]], [[Gary Day]], [[Owen Clayton]] | + | |
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| "Like the proliferation of highly publicized obscenity trials, that of books about obscenity was principally an American phenomenon. Germany and France produced little on the subject, and Britain not much more, though the very best books of the kind were published in England. Among them should be mentioned Norman St. John-Stevas's ''[[Obscenity and the Law]]'' (1956), Alec Craig's ''[[The Banned Books of England and Other Countries]]'' (1962), [[H. Montgomery Hyde]]'s ''[[A History of Pornography]]'' (1964), and Donald Thomas's ''[[A Long Time Burning]]'' (1969). The superiority of these books derives in part from their sociohistorical approach; American studies tended to get bogged down in court proceedings and to read like law textbooks." --''[[The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture]]'', p. 287, Walter Kendrick | "Like the proliferation of highly publicized obscenity trials, that of books about obscenity was principally an American phenomenon. Germany and France produced little on the subject, and Britain not much more, though the very best books of the kind were published in England. Among them should be mentioned Norman St. John-Stevas's ''[[Obscenity and the Law]]'' (1956), Alec Craig's ''[[The Banned Books of England and Other Countries]]'' (1962), [[H. Montgomery Hyde]]'s ''[[A History of Pornography]]'' (1964), and Donald Thomas's ''[[A Long Time Burning]]'' (1969). The superiority of these books derives in part from their sociohistorical approach; American studies tended to get bogged down in court proceedings and to read like law textbooks." --''[[The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture]]'', p. 287, Walter Kendrick | ||
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"Like the proliferation of highly publicized obscenity trials, that of books about obscenity was principally an American phenomenon. Germany and France produced little on the subject, and Britain not much more, though the very best books of the kind were published in England. Among them should be mentioned Norman St. John-Stevas's Obscenity and the Law (1956), Alec Craig's The Banned Books of England and Other Countries (1962), H. Montgomery Hyde's A History of Pornography (1964), and Donald Thomas's A Long Time Burning (1969). The superiority of these books derives in part from their sociohistorical approach; American studies tended to get bogged down in court proceedings and to read like law textbooks." --The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture, p. 287, Walter Kendrick |
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Obscenity and the Law (1956) is a book by Norman St John-Stevas.
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