- American National characteristics, Censorship, History, Moral conditions
"In Not in Front of the Children, Marjorie Heins explores the fascinating history of "indecency" laws and other restrictions aimed at protecting youth.
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Cool, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Marjorie Heins
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 409
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press, Hill and Wang
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780809073993
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“The judges who quoted Plato's Republic in their 1998 ruling against the drama teacher Margaret Boring reflected a familiar and obviously ancient child-rearing philosophy.”
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