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Censorship and silencing : practices of cultural regulation
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ISBN: 089236484X Year: 1998 Publisher: Los Angeles : Getty publications,

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Censorship was once a predictable topic, dividing liberals and conservatives down the middle on issues like obscenity and national security. Today, the debate over the regulation of speech offers no such easy dichotomy, with feminists joining forces with religious fundamentalists to control pornography, and abortion rights advocates seeking to restrict clinic demonstrations while prolife groups defend their freedom to picket. Underlying this trend is a fundamental intellectual shift--exemplified by the work of Michel Foucault--that holds that the state is not the only agent of censorship. The thirteen contributors here explore the topic of censorship from the viewpoint of numerous disciplines and viewpoints.

Libraries, the First Amendment, and cyberspace : what you need to know
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ISBN: 0838999697 9780838999691 0838907733 9780838907733 Year: 2000 Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association,

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The First Amendment is inextricably tied up with all kinds of library service, from providing meeting rooms for patrons, to lending materials to children, to giving patrons access to the Internet. Written by the director of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace examines how and in what areas the First Amendment affects library decision making and service delivery. With attention to today's electronic environment, Peck's timely and comprehensive book answers the questions librarians most often have about censorship, access, the role of the l

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