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Beyond the BBFC : Local and regional film censorship in the UK.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Sian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
British Board of Film Censors.
Motion pictures > Censorship > Great Britain > History.
Local government > Great Britain > History.
Cinéma > Censure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Administration locale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: local censorship reconsidered
  • 1. A new form of leisure: 1908-19
  • 2. New regions and new anxieties: 1920-29
  • 3. Councils, committees and the perils of cinema: 1930-39
  • 4. Wartime concerns and local anxieties: 1940-50
  • 5. The changing landscape of the post-war world: 1950-59
  • 6. Local alliances in a permissive decade: 1960-70
  • 7. New categories, new permissions: 1970-76
  • 8. New boundaries and new regions: 1977-85
  • Conclusions
  • Index.