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Indecent Detroit : race, sex, and censorship in the Motor City / Ben Strassfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strassfeld, Ben, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detroit (Mich.)--Moral conditions.
- Detroit (Mich.).
- Mass media--Censorship--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Mass media.
- Pornography--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Pornography.
- Sex industry--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Sex industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- 1. "Burn the House to Roast the Pig": Literary Censorship and Juvenile Delinquency
- 2. "We're Not Really Censors": The (Il-)Legality of Detroit Police Movie Censorship
- 3. "The Blight of Indecency": Anti-Porn Politics and the Urban Crisis in Detroit
- 4. Topless Detroit: Regulating Industry and Exotic Dance
- 5. Erogenous Zoning: The Creation and Dispersal of the "Detroit Model
- Epilogue: The Election of Coleman Young and the Politics of Pornography and Race.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Strassfeld, Ben Indecent Detroit
- ISBN:
- 9780253067869
- 0253067863
- 9780253067852
- 0253067855
- Publisher Number:
- 40031872624
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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