Purifying America : women, cultural reform, and pro-censorship activism, 1873 - 1933

Purifying America women, cultural reform, and pro-censorship activism, 1873 - 1933

Women's activism and alliances : WCTU crusades and the quest for political power -- The suppression of impure literature : impressionable children, protective mothers -- Guardians of public morals" : professional identity and the American Library Association -- Amateur censors and critics...

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1. Verfasser: Parker, Alison Marie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Urbana, Ill. u.a. Univ. of Illinois Press 1997
Schriftenreihe:Women in American history
Schlagworte:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union > History > Women social reformers > Censorship > Popular culture > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > Moral conditions > USA > Literatursoziologie > Zensur > Geschichte 1873-1933
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Zusammenfassung:Women's activism and alliances : WCTU crusades and the quest for political power -- The suppression of impure literature : impressionable children, protective mothers -- Guardians of public morals" : professional identity and the American Library Association -- Amateur censors and critics : creating an alternative cultural hierarchy -- Mothering the movies : women reformers and popular culture -- The production of "pure" children's literature : the WCTU's young crusader -- Hearts uplifted and minds refreshed : promoting and producing pure culture
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-276) and index
Beschreibung:xii, 286 p
ill
24 cm
ISBN:0252023293
0-252-02329-3
0252066251
0-252-06625-1