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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lane, Frederick S., 1963-     Subjects     Conservatism -- United States.     Culture conflict -- United States.     Social values -- United States.     Social control -- United States.     Sexual ethics -- United States.     Deviant behavior -- United States.     United States -- Social policy.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.     United States -- Moral conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lane, Frederick S., 1963-       by title:      The decency wars : t...         MARC Display

The decency wars : the campaign to cleanse American culture / Frederick S. Lane. by Lane, Frederick S., 1963- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006. Subjects Conservatism -- United States.   Culture conflict -- United States.   Social values -- United States.   Social control -- United States.   Sexual ethics -- United States.   Deviant behavior -- United States.   United States -- Social policy.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.   United States -- Moral conditions. Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012125.html ISBN:  1591024277 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781591024279 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  367 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents:  Prologue: Slaves to the rhythm: the NFL, CBS, and MTV reap as they sow -- A nip in the air: the chilling effects of the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show -- From Henry VIII to the FCC: tracing the origins of American efforts to legislate decency -- Religious boycotts and corporate self-censorship: private efforts to cleanse American culture -- "A soldier in God's army": Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, and the rise of evangelical politics -- Losing the decency wars, one living room at a time: a decade of deregulation, cable, phones, and computers -- The post-Reagan hangover: a four-year rearguard action against cultural indecency -- The oral majority: on talk radio, the issue of decency gets personal -- Now is the year of our dissed content: why the FCC reenlisted in the war on indecency -- Ask not for whom the wedding bells toll: a love that now dares speak its name -- At paly in the laboratories of the Lord: sacrificing scientific truth on the altar of ideology -- Conclusion: A thousand points of enlightenment: strategies to restore the true meaning of decency in American society. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 306.0973 La Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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