Indecent Detroit : race, sex, and censorship in the Motor City / Ben Strassfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strassfeld, Ben, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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.

Detroit (Mich.)--Moral conditions--History--20th century.

Detroit (Mich.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

Summary:

While Detroit has been a major focus in urban history, little has been written on censorship in the very city that--due to shifting legalities, the urban crisis, and racial tensions--profoundly shaped media suppression in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction

"Burn the House to Roast the Pig": Literary Censorship and Juvenile Delinquency

"We're Not Really Censors": The (Il-)Legality of Detroit Police Movie Censorship

"The Blight of Indecency": Anti-Porn Politics and the Urban Crisis in Detroit

Topless Detroit: Regulating Industry and Exotic Dance

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 and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Strassfeld, Ben Indecent Detroit

ISBN:

0-253-06785-5

OCLC:

1392345153