Reading the obscene : transgressive editors and the class politics of U.S. literature /

"With Reading the Obscene, Jordan Carroll reveals new insights about the editors who fought the most famous anti-censorship battles of the twentieth century. While many critics have interpreted obscenity as a form of populist protest, Reading the Obscene shows that the editors who worked to dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carroll, Jordan S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:Post 45.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Censorship > United States > History > 20th century.
Obscenity (Law) > United States > History > 20th century.
Anticensorship activists > United States > History > 20th century.
Editors > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Erotic literature > Publishing > United States > History > 20th century.
Pornography > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Middle class men > Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Éditeurs > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature érotique > Édition > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Pornographie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hommes de la classe moyenne > Livres et lecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Anticensorship activists.
Censorship.
Erotic literature > Publishing.
Obscenity (Law)
Pornography > Social aspects.
United States.
US literature.
censorship.
class.
editors.
gender.
obscenity.
professional-managerial class.
publishing.
sexuality.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the naked editor
  • Shocking the middle class
  • An aristocracy of smut
  • Decrypting EC Comics
  • Reading Playboy for the science fiction
  • Mad ones, Mad men
  • White-collar masochism
  • Afterword : transgression in the post-pornographic era

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