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<p>"Satisfies the need for a current resource on the subject as new technologies give rise to new forms of censorship... Recommended for all academic libraries." -- <em>Choice</em><br />"Everything that's ever been forbidden falls under the wider interpretation of censorship used in this impressive--both in size and scope, and in execution--four-volume encyclopedia... The entries are scholarly and lengthy, giving readers sufficient historical background to provide ample context for the policies or events of censorship they document." -- <em>Reference & Research Book News</em></p>
Censorship: A World Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive view of censorship, from Ancient Egypt to those modern societies that claim to have abolished the practice. For each country in the world, the history of censorship is described and placed in context, and the media censored are examined: art, cyberspace, literature, music, the press, popular culture, radio, television, and the theatre, not to mention the censorship of language, the most fundamental censorship of all. Also included are surveys of major controversies and chronicles of resistance.
Censorship will be an essential reference work for students of the many subjects touched by censorship and for all those who are interested in the history of and contemporary fate of freedom of expression.