Not In Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth
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| Management number | 231831961 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$22.76 | Model Number | 231831961 | ||
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The first comprehensive history of the debate about censorship designed to protect children and winner of the ALA's 2002 Eli Oboler Award for best-published work in the area of intellectual freedomFrom Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, Internet filters to the V-chip, censorship is often based on the assumption that children and adolescents must be protected from "indecent" information that might harm their development -- whether in art, in literature, or on a Web site. But where does this assumption come from, and is it true? In Not in Front of the Children, a pathbreaking history of "indecency" laws and other restrictions aimed at protecting youth, Marjorie Heins suggests that the "harm-to-minors" argument rests on shaky foundations. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0809073994 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0809073993 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hill and Wang |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.15 pounds |
| Print length | 416 pages |
| Publication date | February 10, 2002 |
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