Race, gender, and film censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965 /
by Melissa Ooten.
- 1 online resource (221 pages).
- New studies in Southern history .
- New studies in Southern history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Movie censorship and Virginia: an introduction -- The project of censorship: debating the movies in 1920s Virginia -- Censorship in black and white: the struggle to maintain racial hierarchies at the movies, 1920s-1930s -- The cultural politics of race and the Cold War -- The search for sexual deviance: regulating and contesting depictions of female sexuality on-screen -- Conclusion: Island in the sun and the demise of the censorship board -- Postcript: Regulating film in the age of the internet -- Appendix A: Board of Motion picture Censorship members -- Appendix B: Elimination records.
9780739190302 (e-book)
Motion pictures--Censorship--History.--Virginia Race in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures.