Acting up : free speech, pragmatism, and American performance in the late 20th century / Stephen Nunns.

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Nunns, Stephen [author.]

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9781593326715
1593326718

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Acting Up : Free Speech, Pragmatism, and American Performance in the Late 20th Century.DDC classification:

342.7308/53 342.730853

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KF4772 .N858 2011

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Contents:

Introduction; Part One; Chapter One:Re-Thinking the Roots: Origins of the Culture Wars; Chapter Two:A Problem with Theory: The Paradox of Free Speech; Chapter Three:Pragmatisms; Chapter Four:To Work is to Function: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Legal Pragmatism, and Free Speech; Part Two; Chapter Five:The Constitutionalization of the American Avant-Garde:Karen Finley and the NEA; Chapter Six: Curiouser and Curiouser: I Am Curious (Yellow) and the American Courts; Chapter Seven: Is Charlotte Burning? Pragmatism and Politics in a Southern City.

Chapter Eight:If That Ain't Country:Race and the Music of David Allan CoeConclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Nunns examines how free speech became a centerpiece of American identity during the 20th century and how ideas of freedom of expression came to a head during the?Culture Wars? in the 1980s and?90s. He explores four case histories: performance artist Karen Finley and her court case revolving around public funding for the arts; the lawsuits involving the film I am Curious (Yellow); the controversy surrounding a community?s performance of Angels in America; and the racist songwriting of David Allen Coe.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index.

Chapter Eight:If That Ain't Country:Race and the Music of David Allan CoeConclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Nunns examines how free speech became a centerpiece of American identity during the 20th century and how ideas of freedom of expression came to a head during the?Culture Wars? in the 1980s and?90s. He explores four case histories: performance artist Karen Finley and her court case revolving around public funding for the arts; the lawsuits involving the film I am Curious (Yellow); the controversy surrounding a community?s performance of Angels in America; and the racist songwriting of David Allen Coe.