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Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth

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Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth - Heins, Marjorie
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From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, Internet filters to the V-chip, censorship is often based on the assumption that children and adolescents must be protected from "indecent" information that might harm their development -- whether in art, in literature, or on a Web site. But where does this assumption come from, and is it true? In Not in Front of the Children, a path-breaking history of "indecency" laws and other restrictions aimed at protecting youth, Marjorie Heins suggests that the "harm-to-minors" argument rests on ...

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Not in Front of the Children: 'Indecency, ' Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth 2007, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ

ISBN-13: 9780813542218

2nd Second Edition, None edition

Trade paperback

Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth 2001, Hill & Wang, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780374175450

Hardcover