Against Obscenity
Subtitle: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873--1935 (Reconfiguring American Political History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780801886386
Subjects: Pornography & obscenity; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Gender Studies; History: American; USA; General; United States - General; Women's Studies - General; Art-General; History / United States / General; History-United States - General; Social Science / Women's Studies
First sentence: "I can imagine nothing," Julia Ward Howe declared in 1873, "more important than the careful and rigid enforcement of the laws" against obscenity.