1st Edition

Pornography And Democratization Legislating Obscenity In Postcommunist Russia

By Paul Goldschmidt Copyright 1999
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    284 Pages
    by Routledge

    Explores the politics of pornography and censorship in Russia today as a facet of the overall process of creating a liberal democracy in the Former Soviet Union. In this book, Paul Goldschmidt explores the politics of pornography in Russia today as a facet of the overall process of creating a liberal democracy in the Former Soviet Union. He clarifi

    Introduction -- Western Preconceptions -- Intelligentsiia and Narod -- Liberal Conservatives and Libertarian Censors -- Enlightening Proletarian Tastes -- The Censor is Dead, Long Live the Censor! -- Blue Laws in a Red Country -- Anti-Pornography Feminists in the Land of Misogyny -- Sexual Education as an Alternative -- Conclusions -- Russia's Chief Censors -- Administrative Structure of Glavlit

    Biography

    Paul W. Goldschmidt teaches political science at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville.