Stephen Vaughn

Freedom and Entertainment

Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media

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Produktbeschreibung

The first behind-the-scenes history of the American movie rating system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780521676540
• ISBN-10: 0521676541
• Artikelnr.: 22411220

Autorenporträt

Stephen Vaughn has taught the history of communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981. He has been a past Vilas Associate Scholar at Wisconsin and is the recipient of two Fulbright awards. Previous books he's written include Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics, The Vital Past: Writings on the Uses of History, and Holding Fast the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public Information.

Inhaltsangabe

1. New leaders and a new system
2. Sex, profanity, and violence
3. The X rating and the home entertainment revolution
4. The technology of special effects and the wffects of screen violence
5. Pornography
6. The anti-pornography crusade
7. Hollywood, drugs, and religion
8. NC-17
9. Television
10. The digital future.