Banned in Kansas
Subtitle: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: August 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780826217493
Subjects: Films, cinema; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Censorship; History / United States; Media Studies; History; Kansas; Motion pictures
Description: "This first book-length study of state film censorship examines the unique political, social, and economic factors that led to its implementation in Kansas, taking a look at why censorship legislation was enacted, what the attitudes of Kansans were toward censorship, and why it lasted for half a century"--Provided by publisher.