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What Are We Protecting Here? The Cultural Construction of Gender in Obscenity Law

Baughman, Linda Lee

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Title
What Are We Protecting Here? The Cultural Construction of Gender in Obscenity Law
Author(s)
Baughman, Linda Lee
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Grossberg, Lawrence
Department of Study
Communications
Discipline
Communications
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
This dissertation then offers a detailed examination of the written decision for Roth v. United States, and the oral transcript of the Supreme Court trial. Roth is a landmark case, not only because of its legal implications, but because it writes out of United States law, in relation to obscenity, the use of protectionist discourse as a reason to censor sexually explicit materials. After Roth as a society, we could not use the protection of women as a reason to censor texts. Culturally, this helped empower women to become agents of their sexuality.
Graduation Semester
1999
Type of Resource
text
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