The decency wars : the campaign to cleanse American culture /
Lane, Frederick S.,1963-
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-336) and index.
Prologue: Slaves to the rhythm: the NFL, CBS, and MTV reap as they sow -- A nip in the air: the chilling effects of the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show -- From Henry VIII to the FCC: tracing the origins of American efforts to legislate decency -- Religious boycotts and corporate self-censorship: private efforts to cleanse American culture -- "A soldier in God's army": Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, and the rise of evangelical politics -- Losing the decency wars, one living room at a time: a decade of deregulation, cable, phones, and computers -- The post-Reagan hangover: a four-year rearguard action against cultural indecency -- The oral majority: on talk radio, the issue of decency gets personal -- Now is the year of our dissed content: why the FCC reenlisted in the war on indecency -- Ask not for whom the wedding bells toll: a love that now dares speak its name -- At paly in the laboratories of the Lord: sacrificing scientific truth on the altar of ideology -- Conclusion: A thousand points of enlightenment: strategies to restore the true meaning of decency in American society.
Conservatism
Culture conflict
Social values
Social control
Sexual ethics
Deviant behavior