Introduction : the naked editor -- Shocking the middle class -- An aristocracy of smut -- Decrypting EC Comics -- Reading Playboy for the science fiction -- Mad ones, Mad men -- White-collar masochism -- Afterword : transgression in the post-pornographic era. "With Reading the …
"With Reading the Obscene, Jordan Carroll reveals new insights about the editors who fought the most famous anti-censorship battles of the twentieth century. While many critics have interpreted obscenity as a form of populist protest, Reading the Obscene shows that the editors w…
"With Reading the Obscene, Jordan Carroll reveals new insights about the editors who fought the most famous anti-censorship battles of the twentieth century. While many critics have interpreted obscenity as a form of populist protest, Reading the Obscene shows that the editors w…
"In the decades immediately preceding and following Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan, a group of South Asian literary intellectuals dedicated themselves to a craft of writing that aimed to disturb the status quo. They demanded liberation, "from the maligning impe…
Censorship, Urdu literature, Islam, and progressive secular nationalisms in colonial India and Pakistan have a complex, intertwined history. Sarah Waheed offers a timely examination of the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement. She delves into how the…
"In the decades immediately preceding and following Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan, a group of South Asian literary intellectuals dedicated themselves to a craft of writing that aimed to disturb the status quo. They demanded liberation, "from the maligning impe…
"In the decades immediately preceding and following Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan, a group of South Asian literary intellectuals dedicated themselves to a craft of writing that aimed to disturb the status quo. They demanded liberation, "from the maligning impe…
The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans; …
"The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans;…
"The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans;…
"The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans;…
"The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans;…
