Dirty words & filthy pictures film and the First Amendment

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AcknowledgmentsForeword by The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitIntroductionPart I: Censoring the Cinema1. Boxing, Porn, and the Beginnings of Movie Censorship2. The Rise of Salacious Cinema3. State Regulations Emerge4. Mutual and the Capacity for Evil5. War, Nudity, and Birth Control6. Self-Regulation Reemerges7. Midnight Movies and Sanctioned Cinema8. Sound Enters the Debate9. Tension Increases between Free Speech and State Censorship10. Threats from Abroad and Domestic DisturbancesPart II: Freedom of the Screen11. Outlaws and Miracles12. State Censorship Statutes on the Defense13. Devil in the Details: Film and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments Part III: Dirty Words, Filthy Pictures, and Where to Find Them14. Dirty Words: Profanity and the Patently Offensive15. Filthy Pictures: Obscenity from Nudie Cuties to Fetish Films16. The Porno Chic: From Danish Loops to Deep Throat17. Just Not Here: Content Regulation through ZoningPart IV: Censorship Today18. Is Censorship Necessary?19. The Politics of ProfanityConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex