Art and freedom of speech
By: Randall P. Bezanson.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780252034435
Subjects: Freedom of expression -- United States -- Cases; Freedom of expression
Genres: Cases
Description: Analyzes the broad range of Supreme Court cases that concern the protection of art and free speech under the First Amendment. Finding that debates about free expression (whether in speech or art) swirl around sex and cultural blasphemy, Bezanson tracks and interprets the Court's decisions on film, nude dancing, music, painting, and other visual expressions. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Story 1. Performance art (National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley); title: Story 2. The artistic turn? (Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc.); title: Story 3. Sources of expression (Boy Scouts of America v. Dale); title: Story 4. Speaking out of thin air (Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston); title: Story 5. Politics and community (Jenkins v. Georgia); title: Story 6. Genre: rap and rock (Campbell [2 live crew] v. Acuff-Rose); title: Story 7. Dangerous art (Virginia v. Black); title: Story 8. Art and craft (J.S.G. Boggs v. Bowron); title: Judging art and its quality: reflections on art and free speech.