Race, Gender, and Film Censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- New Studies in Southern History Series .
- New Studies in Southern History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Movie Censorship and Virginia -- 2 The Project of Censorship -- 3 Censorship in Black and White -- 4 The Cultural Politics of Race and the Cold War -- 5 The Search for Sexual Deviance -- 6 Conclusion -- Postscript -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliographic Note -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
This book chronicles the history of movie censorship in Virginia from the 1920s to 1960s. Ooten uses the contestations surrounding film censorship as a framework for more fully understanding the dominant political, economic, and cultural hierarchies that structured Virginia in the mid-twentieth century.
9780739190302
Motion pictures--Censorship--Virginia--History. Race in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures.