The Art of Censorship in Postwar Japan / / Kirsten Cather Fischer.
In 2002 a manga (comic book) was for the first time successfully charged with the crime of obscenity in the Japanese courts. In The Art of Censorship Kirsten Cather traces how this case represents the most recent in a long line of sensational landmark obscenity trials that have dotted the history of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) :; 11 b&w images, 1 diagram |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. East Meets West, Again Trying Translations
- Chapter 1. Lady Chatterley'S Censor (1951-1957)
- Chapter 2. The Legacy Of Chatterley Sade (1961-1969) And Beyond
- Part II. Pinks, Pornos, And Politics
- Chapter 3. Dirt For Politics' Sake The Black Snow Trial (1965-1969)
- Chapter 4. Dirt For Money'S Sake The Nikkatsu Roman Porn Trial (1972-1980)
- Part III. The Canon Under Fire
- Chapter 5. Pornographic Adaptations Of The Classics The Safflower (1948-1950) And The Record Of The Night Battles At Dannoura (1970-1976)
- Chapter 6. Kafu Censored, Dead Or Alive (1948-1950, 1973-1980)
- Part IV. Trying Text And Image
- Chapter 7. A Picture'S Worth A Thousand Words In The Realm Of The Senses (1976-1982)
- Chapter 8. Japan'S First Manga Trial Honey Room (2002-2007)
- Abbreviations Used In Citations And Sources
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Studies Of The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University
- About The Author