Acting up
Subtitle: free speech, pragmatism, and American performance in the late 20th century
By: Stephen Nunns
Series: Law and society : recent scholarship; Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub Llc
Published: 2011
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781593324650
Subjects: Freedom of speech; Performing arts; Law and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Re-thinking the roots : origins of the culture wars; title: A problem with theory : the paradox of free speech; title: Pragmatisms; title: To work is to function : Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., legal pragmatism, and free speech; title: The constitutionalization of the American avant-garde : Karen Finley and the NEA; title: Curiouser and curiouser : I am curious (yellow) and the American courts; title: Is Charlotte burning? : pragmatism and politics in a southern city; title: If that ain't country : race and the music of David Allan Coe.