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Outspoken : free speech stories / Nan Levinson.

Van Pelt Library KF4772 .L48 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Levinson, Nan, 1949-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Freedom of speech--United States--History.
Freedom of speech.
Censorship.
History.
United States.
Censorship--United States--History.
Physical Description:
xiii, 359 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
Summary:
Outspoken tells the stories of an array of Americans who refused to let someone else whittle away at their right to talk, think, create or demur as they pleased and uses their experiences as a starting point for exploring what we mean by free speech and why it matters.
Contents:
A democracy of voices
I pledge allegiance
A matter of conscience
Beyond mere dissent
La mordaza
Point of view
That special shimmer
Something to offend nearly everybody
The seduction of absolutes
Insubordinate
Blame that tune
What do you mean I cant́ read Playboy?
The public trust
In other words.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index.
ISBN:
0520223705
OCLC:
51454487

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