Not in front of the children

From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, from Internet filters to the v-chip, censorship exercised on behalf of children and adolescents is often based on the assumption that they must be protected from “indecent” information that might harm their development—whether in art, in literature, or on a Web site. But where does this assumption come from, and is it true?

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Editions

3

ISBN

9780813543888

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