Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture

(Part of the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Series)

by Joshua N. Lambert and Josh Lambert

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Winner of the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award presented by the Association for Jewish Studies

Jews have played an integral role in the history of obscenity in America. For most of the 20th century, Jewish entrepreneurs and editors led the charge against obscenity laws. Jewish lawyers battled literary censorship even when their non-Jewish counterparts refused to do so, and they won court decisions in favor of texts including Ulysses,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1479876437

ISBN13:9781479876433

Release Date:November 2013

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture

(Part of the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Series)

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