Not in Front of the Children: "Indencency, " Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth
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 freedom
From 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.
- Author
- Marjorie Heins
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Hill & Wang
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780809073993
- Genres
- history, sexuality, law, politics, sociology, psychology, adult
- Release date
- 2002
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