Teaching Film Censorship and Controversy (Teaching Film and Media Studies) - Softcover

Readman, Mark

 
9781844570799: Teaching Film Censorship and Controversy (Teaching Film and Media Studies)

Synopsis

Provides a much-needed summary of the complex issues surrounding film censorship and controversy; offers some practical suggestions for teaching about the determining factors in, and ideological importance of, censorship and classification.

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This incisive guide provides a much needed summary of the complex issues surrounding film censorship and controversy. It offers practical suggestions for teaching the determining factors in, and ideological importance of, censorship and classification. Also included are proposed strategies for discussing "problem films," analyzing texts, and debating the nature of effects. Contents include: The historical context for censorship and classification The discourses and ideologies that inform and produce controversy The arguments for and against censorship Concepts of audiences and effects Textual meanings Audience research and analysis of data Contemporary academic and official perspectives on censorship and classification

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