Freedom of Speech: Reflections in Art and Popular Culture

(Hardback)

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This book examines how freedom of speech is reflected in pop culture by looking at numerous examples of films, websites, television shows, and songs that have touched on-and impacted-this issue. * Covers freedom of speech issues in popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as the present day * Examines everything from banned books to comic book censorship, music, theater, photography, film, television, video games, and social media * Enables readers to better appreciate how freedom of speech and expression is a subtext in most aspects of daily life

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An evenhanded resource for conversation starting points on the tensions surrounding freedom of speech, individual rights, and community standards of acceptable expression. * Library Journal *

Author Bio

Patricia L. Dooley joined the faculty at the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University after serving on the faculty of the University of Maine-Orono.