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Film and video censorship in contemporary Britain

Title
Film and video censorship in contemporary Britain / Julian Petley.
Author
Petley, Julian.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

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Description
vi, 232 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • Detailed case studies of individual instances of censorship, including Last House on the Left, sex videos in the R18 category, and press-inspired campaigns against films such as Child's Play 3 and Crash.
  • Interviews with central figures.
  • The author's own contemporaneous reports on key moments in the censorship process. --Book Jacket.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references ( p. [217]- 220) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- A nasty story -- Nastier still -- Two or three things I know about 'video nasties' -- 'The tenor of the times': an interview with James Ferman -- 'Reading society aright': five years after the Video Recordings Act -- The video image -- 'Not suitable for home viewing' -- Vicious drivel and lazy sluts -- Doing harm -- The anatomy of a newspaper campaign: Crash -- The last battle, or why Makin' whoopee! matters -- 'The way things are now': an interview with Robin Duval -- The limits of the possible -- Full circle.
Call Number
MFL 13-1250
ISBN
  • 9780748625383 (hbk.)
  • 0748625380 (hbk.)
  • 9780748625390 (pbk.)
  • 0748625399 (pbk.)
LCCN
2011431360
OCLC
733692086
Author
Petley, Julian.
Title
Film and video censorship in contemporary Britain / Julian Petley.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [217]- 220) and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 13-1250
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