Race, Gender, and Film Censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965 - Hardcover

by Melissa Ooten (Author)

This book chronicles the history of movie censorship in Virginia from the 1920s to 1960s. Ooten uses the contestations surrounding film censorship as a framework for more fully understanding the dominant political, economic, and cultural hierarchies that structured Virginia in the mid-twentieth century.

Author Biography

Melissa Ooten is associate director of the WILL program and lecturer at the University of Richmond.