Acting Up : Free Speech, Pragmatism, and American Performance in the Late 20th Century.
Title:
Acting Up : Free Speech, Pragmatism, and American Performance in the Late 20th Century.
Author:
Nunns, Stephen.
ISBN:
9781593326715
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Series:
Law and Society
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Part One -- Chapter One: Re-Thinking the Roots: Origins of the Culture Wars -- Chapter Two: A Problem with Theory: The Paradox of Free Speech -- Chapter Three: Pragmatisms -- Chapter Four: To Work is to Function: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Legal Pragmatism, and Free Speech -- Part Two -- Chapter Five: The Constitutionalization of the American Avant-Garde: Karen Finley and the NEA -- Chapter Six: Curiouser and Curiouser: I Am Curious (Yellow) and the American Courts -- Chapter Seven: Is Charlotte Burning? Pragmatism and Politics in a Southern City -- Chapter Eight: If That Ain't Country: Race and the Music of David Allan Coe -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Nunns examines how free speech became a centerpiece of American identity during the 20th century and how ideas of freedom of expression came to a head during the "Culture Wars" in the 1980s and '90s. He explores four case histories: performance artist Karen Finley and her court case revolving around public funding for the arts; the lawsuits involving the film I am Curious (Yellow); the controversy surrounding a community's performance of Angels in America; and the racist songwriting of David Allen Coe.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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