Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index. |
Summary |
"This first book-length study of state film censorship examines the unique political, social, and economic factors that led to its implementation in Kansas, taking a look at why censorship legislation was enacted, what the attitudes of Kansans were toward censorship, and why it lasted for half a century"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Progressivism and the new medium of film -- Kansas and the fight over motion picture censorship --"We can hardly make any definite rules" : the difficulty of censorship as practice, 1915 -- The birth of a nation and Kansas -- The battle lines are drawn, 1916-1917 -- World War I and the struggle against sin, 1917-1919 -- The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1927 -- The challenge of sound, 1928-1934 -- An age of maturity? 1934-1948 -- The moon is blue over Kansas, 1948-1954 -- Jane Russell, Brigitte Bardot, and Ephraim London as the enemy, 1954-1959 -- The final years of film censorship, 1960-1966. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- Censorship -- Kansas -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Censorship. |
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Kansas. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Butters, Gerald R., 1961- Banned in Kansas. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007009401 |
ISBN |
9780826266033 (electronic book) |
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0826266037 (electronic book) |
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9780826217493 (alkaline paper) |
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0826217494 (alkaline paper) |
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