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" Banned in Kansas : "
Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
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BL
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955699
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b710069
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| Main Entry
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Butters, Gerald R.,1961-
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Banned in Kansas : : motion picture censorship, 1915-1966 /\ Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages) :: illustrations
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0826266037
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: 9780826266033
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0826217494
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9780826217493
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.
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| Contents
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Progressivism and the new medium of film -- Kansas and the fight over motion picture censorship --"We can hardly make any definite rules" : the difficulty of censorship as practice, 1915 -- The birth of a nation and Kansas -- The battle lines are drawn, 1916-1917 -- World War I and the struggle against sin, 1917-1919 -- The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1927 -- The challenge of sound, 1928-1934 -- An age of maturity? 1934-1948 -- The moon is blue over Kansas, 1948-1954 -- Jane Russell, Brigitte Bardot, and Ephraim London as the enemy, 1954-1959 -- The final years of film censorship, 1960-1966.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Motion pictures-- Censorship-- Kansas-- History.
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Motion pictures-- Censorship.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Censorship.
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Kansas.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.3109781
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PN1995.63.K36B87 2007eb
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