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In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. In "Freedom to Offend", Raymond J. Haberski Jr. details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. In the libertine 1970s, arguments supporting the right to see challenging films were twisted to provide intellectual cover for movies created solely to lure viewers with outrageous or titillating material. Haberski exposes the unquestioning defense of free expression as an absolutist approach that mirrors the censorial impulse found among the postwar era's restrictive moral guardians.
Product Description Review "A splendid consideration of the paradox of cultural freedom in a society where the buck matters most." - David Steigerwald, author of Culture's Vanities: The Paradox of Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World" About the Author Raymond J. Haberski Jr. is assistant professor of history at Marian College. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (15 March 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813124298 ISBN-13: 978-0813124292 
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