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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mathews, Tom Dewe. Censored. London : Chatto & Windus, 1994 (OCoLC)624266652 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom Dewe Mathews |
ISBN: | 0701138734 9780701138738 |
OCLC Number: | 32388043 |
Description: | 291 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 1. Bridget served the salad undressed -- 2. Living within the state -- 3. Censoring the enemy -- 4. The sound of silence -- 5. Anglo-American attitudes -- 6. The empirical censor -- 7. The BBFC goes to war -- 8. "What've Ya Got?" -- 9. Everything and the kitchen sink -- 10. The board breaks out -- 11. Letting it all hang out: the sexual breakthrough -- 12. Under siege: 1970-75 -- 13. The necessity of censorship -- 14. Video games -- 15. Fighting the good fight. |
Responsibility: | Tom Dewe Mathews. |
Abstract:
From the early peepshows ("How Bridget Served the Salad Undressed"), through to the video and satellite anomalies of today, this book explores film censorship in Britain, demonstrating, through anecdotes and examples, its absurdities, dangers and occasional virtues.
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