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Obscene Gestures : Counter-Narratives of Sex and Race in the Twentieth Century /

Drawing on sources as diverse as Supreme Court decisions, nightclub comedy, congressional records, and cultural theory, Obscene Gestures explores the many contradictory vectors of twentieth-century moralist controversies surrounding literary and artistic works from Henry Miller's Tropic of Canc...

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Autor principal: Lawrence, Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Outlaws vs. Outcasts: Defining Narratives of Obscenity
  • 1 Classic Counter-Narratives: Deep Psychology vs. Deep Pathology in Two Early Twentieth-Century Novels
  • 2 Geniuses Abroad, Deviants at Home: Racial Counter-Narratives of the Global and Domestic
  • 3 Porn Wars and Pornotroping: Counter-Narratives of Obscenity amid Transitions in Feminist Activism
  • 4 AIDS Politics Is Local: Narratives of Plague and Place in the Culture Wars
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index