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Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius
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Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius Paperback - 1993

by Edward De Grazia

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From Ulysses and Lolita to Lenny Bruce and 2 Live Crew, defense attorney de Grazia weaves provocative and sometimes appalling case histories into an incisive look at obscenity: what it is, who defines it, and whether it is possible to ban even its most troubling instances without unraveling the fabric of democracy.

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Vintage, 1993-03-02. Paperback. Used: Good.
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  • Title Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius
  • Author Edward De Grazia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 832
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1993-03-02
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0679743413
  • ISBN 9780679743415 / 0679743413
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.27 x 1.5 in (20.35 x 13.39 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Censorship - United States, Obscenity (Law) - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92056348
  • Dewey Decimal Code 347.304

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"A thoughtful, comprehensive and insightful analysis of our society's struggle toward maturity, wisdom and tolerance. It captures the spirit of the judicial decisions, the bitter controversies, and the extraordinary characters whose lives are intertwined with the evolution of our legal and cultural mores." --Geoffrey R. Stone, Dean, University of Chicago Law School

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 02/22/1993, Page 0

About the author

Edward de Grazia (1927-2013) was a defense attorney specializing in First Amendment rights, literary censorship, and cases of "obscenity." De Grazia defended Grove Press v. Gerstein, William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch, and the Swedish book I Am Curious (Yellow).