{"product_id":"nothing-censored-nothing-gained-obscenity-law-and-histories-of-queer-distribution-and-exhibition-9781399537131","title":"Nothing Censored, Nothing Gained: Obscenity Law and Histories of Queer Distribution and Exhibition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Censored, Nothing Gained \u003c\/i\u003etracks how women and gay male entrepreneurs were central to the production, distribution and exhibition of adult media in and adjacent to Los Angeles County, and how these key players used industrial tactics to introduce new and more explicit forms of cultural production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book develops a queer media industry studies approach to analyse how these creative entrepreneurs ventured into the nascent commercial adult film industry by maneuvering around and sometimes colliding with cultural regulatory mechanisms of censorship. Moving beyond representational approaches to censorship, this book's novel examination of production, distribution and exhibition provides insights into the industrial and cultural interworkings of historical adult media industries and how content is related to business developments and constraints. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this investigation, the book assesses manifold modes of censorship ranging from bureaucratic restrictions on market availability to law enforcement's stringent policing of exhibition spaces under legal regimes including obscenity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreibert, Farrah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Farrah Freibert is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University. With research that spans media history and industry studies, global media circulations and LGBTQ+ history, she has published widely in peer-reviewed scholarly venues such as \u003ci\u003eFilm Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Journal of Anime and Manga Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonstrum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePorn Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Homosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSynoptique\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlow: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Freibert is coeditor with Alicia Kozma of \u003ci\u003eRefocus: The Films of Doris Wishman\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038848119058,"sku":"9781399537131","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9b2de60-089d-4a18-9a07-6fe597c064b8.jpg?v=1771336567","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nothing-censored-nothing-gained-obscenity-law-and-histories-of-queer-distribution-and-exhibition-9781399537131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}