| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 349 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-323) and index. |
| Contents |
Issues in music censorship: "Freedom of speech", an overview of music censorship -- "Banned in the USA", the PMRC and music labeling -- "Happiness is a warm gun", violence -- "Cover me", album cover art -- "I want my MTV", MTV and music videos -- "Ebony and ivory", race -- "Dear God", religion -- "Comfortably numb", drugs -- "I want you sex", sex -- "What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?", politics and protest -- "I fought the law and the law won", law -- "Censorshit", from the mouths of the censors -- Chronology of music censorship in the United States: Before the 1950s -- 1950s -- 1960s -- 1970s -- 1980s -- 1990s -- 2000. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Censorship -- United States.
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Music -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Censorship -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0688167721 |
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