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Outrageous By Kliph Nesteroff | A History Of Showbiz & The Culture Wars HC LN
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Keywords
- Showbiz History, Hollywood History, Hardcover, Culture Wars
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Keywords 3
- Entertainment History, Historical Anecdotes, Comedy Culture
- Original Language
- English
- Keywords 2
- First Edition, Comedy Evolution, Social Change Book, Historical
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- historical
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781419760983
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
141976098X
ISBN-13
9781419760983
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23058814609
Product Key Features
Book Title
Outrageous : a History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Comedy, Censorship, Industries / Entertainment
Genre
Political Science, Performing Arts, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-936450
Reviews
"Fact packed... Outrageous, the product of herculean research, has a wider purview than just comedy. ... In no-frills prose, Nesteroff races through some two centuries of expression and backlash." -- The New York Times Book Review, A comprehensive, meticulously researched, generally left-of-center work about how industries intended to entertain were and remain cultural battlefields., Outrageous is required reading. An essential book of the social history of the United States--with laughs., "Nesteroff, who proved he's a premier historian of American comedy in The Comedians and We Had a Little Real Estate Problem hunts bigger game in this book--cataloguing the battle over entertainment content, from backlashes against racial and ethnic stereotyping from the 1830s to today's weaponized, heavily bankrolled fights against 'political correctness.'"-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, This fascinating cultural history examines the relationship between entertainment and suppression by looking at the cycles of success and censorship that plagued Elvis Presley, Mae West, Carol Burnett and others., Nesteroff, who proved he's a premier historian of American comedy in The Comedians and We Had a Little Real Estate Problem hunts bigger game in this book--cataloguing the battle over entertainment content, from backlashes against racial and ethnic stereotyping from the 1830s to today's weaponized, heavily bankrolled fights against 'political correctness.', "A comprehensive, meticulously researched, generally left-of-center work about how industries intended to entertain were and remain cultural battlefields."-- Library Journal, "Nesteroff's meticulously researched book chronicles the many battles that have been waged on that front in the culture wars since the birth of show business. It expertly provides the one thing lacking in too many discussions of popular culture: deep, substantive, meaningful context."-- Glen Weldon, NPR, If you're worried about the future of funny free speech, Outrageous will both assuage and fuel your fears., Nesteroff's meticulously researched book chronicles the many battles that have been waged on that front in the culture wars since the birth of show business. It expertly provides the one thing lacking in too many discussions of popular culture: deep, substantive, meaningful context., "This fascinating cultural history examines the relationship between entertainment and suppression by looking at the cycles of success and censorship that plagued Elvis Presley, Mae West, Carol Burnett and others."-- Washington Post, "A history of American censorship of all kinds of popular culture ... Nesteroff describes American attempts to censor theatre and vaudeville and burlesque which date almost to the beginning of the Republic, along with all the misbegotten efforts to purge 'vulgarity' from popular entertainment, ... [and] provides a useful reminder that censorship and censoriousness are significantly different things."-- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, Fact packed... Outrageous, the product of herculean research, has a wider purview than just comedy. ... In no-frills prose, Nesteroff races through some two centuries of expression and backlash., A history of American censorship of all kinds of popular culture ... Nesteroff describes American attempts to censor theatre and vaudeville and burlesque which date almost to the beginning of the Republic, along with all the misbegotten efforts to purge 'vulgarity' from popular entertainment, ... [and] provides a useful reminder that censorship and censoriousness are significantly different things., "If you're worried about the future of funny free speech, Outrageous will both assuage and fuel your fears."-- Cracked
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.4840973
Synopsis
There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past. Modern pundits would have us believe that Americans of a previous generation had tougher skin and seldom complained. But does this argument hold up to scrutiny? In Outrageous, celebrated cultural historian Kliph Nesteroff demonstrates that Americans have been objecting to entertainment for nearly two hundred years, sometimes rationally, often irrationally. Likewise, powerful political interests have sought to circumvent the arts using censorship, legal harassment, and outright propaganda. From Mae West through Johnny Carson, Amos 'n' Andy through Beavis and Butt-Head , Outrageous chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read, and listen to., From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the culture wars There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past. Modern pundits would have us believe that Americans of a previous generation had tougher skin and seldom complained. But does this argument hold up to scrutiny? In Outrageous, celebrated cultural historian Kliph Nesteroff demonstrates that Americans have been objecting to entertainment for nearly two hundred years, sometimes rationally, often irrationally. Likewise, powerful political interests have sought to circumvent the arts using censorship, legal harassment, and outright propaganda. From Mae West through Johnny Carson, Amos 'n' Andy through Beavis and Butt-Head , Outrageous chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read, and hear.
LC Classification Number
PN1590.S6N4 2023
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