Banned in Kansas : motion picture censorship, 1915-1966 / Gerald R. Butters, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butters, Gerald R., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Censorship--Kansas--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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:

Intro

Banned in Kansas

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

One Progressivism and the New Medium of Film

Two Kansas and the Fight over Motion Picture Censorship

Three "We Can Hardly Make Any Definite Rules" The Difficulty of Censorship as Practice, 1915

Four The Birth of a Nation and Kansas

Five The Battle Lines Are Drawn, 1916-1917

Six World War I and the Struggle against Sin, 1917-1919

Seven The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1927

Eight The Challenge of Sound, 1928-1934

Nine An Age of Maturity? 1934-1948

Ten The Moon Is Blue over Kansas, 1948-1954

Eleven Jane Russell, Brigitte Bardot, and Ephraim London as the Enemy, 1954-1959

Twelve The Final Years of Film Censorship, 1960-1966

Conclusion

Appendix Eliminations Made in Frankenstein (Universal) 8 Reels, Star: Colin Clive

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6603-7

OCLC:

320324567