On December 6, 1993, more than 600 people gathered at the Arizona Temple of Music and Art for Tucson Talks: An issue of Freed Speech. Co-produced by People for The American Way, The University of Arizona Faculty of Fine Arts, and the Creative Coalition . . ., Tucson Talks presented internationally know film and stage stars in a staged reading of Michael Cristofer's The Shadow Box. An attempt by a local public school teacher to produce the play in 1992 had resulted in her forced resignation, and had led to discord and polarization in Tucson. The performance was followed by a panel...

In this issue various writers reflect on recent incidents of censorship including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the cancellation of the Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition; the works of Andre Serrano; and other episodes.

The author examines censorship of the arts by both liberal and conservative groups.

Report on the voluntary rating code of the film industry and whether it discriminates against independent producers. This allegedly was being accomplished by the awarding of more restrictive ratings to independent producers, while the nine major studios would be given softer ratings for the same type of film. Thus, the rating code was supposedly being used to the economic benefit of the major studios and the economic detriment of the smaller independents. In fact, the findings were that no such discrimination existed. Includes a review film industry regulation and censorship over the years...

The ongoing efforts of government officials and self-appointed guardians of public morality to control the content of art and public speech have exposed deep divisions in American's beliefs about artistic value and freedom of expression. [This book is the first] to document these turbulent and disturbing debates in detail, in the worlds of the artists, legislators, lobbyists, and critics themselves.

Year-by-year chronology of censorship of the arts, primarily visual arts, in Germany and Austria, 1898-1941, and in the , 1947-1991. Prepared to accompany the exhibition Scandal Outrage and Censorship: Controversy in Modern Art, held at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York City, January 21 - March 7, 1992