Out of the Gutters: Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics - Hardcover
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Out of the Gutters: Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics
Comics have long been a subject of moral panics, no doubt thanks to their in-your-face illustrations and their association with young readers. Indeed, the politicians and parents behind today's book-banning campaigns reserve special ire for graphic novels. What makes today's controversies different is the content of the alleged obscenity. Instead of targeting sex as such, censors now focus o...
Jorge J. Santos, Jr. is an associate professor of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States at the College of the Holy Cross and the author of Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics.
Patrick S. Lawrence is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina Lancaster and the author of Obscene Gestures: Counter-Narratives of Sex and Race i...
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