| #1593392 in Books | Josh Nathaniel Lambert | 2013-11-25 | 2013-11-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.75 x5.98l,1.14 | File type: PDF | 276 pages | Unclean Lips||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| An Excellent Resource for Scholars, and Accessible to the More Casual Reader|By Carol Siegel|A very useful overview of the ways Jewish sexuality has been understood, both by Jews and by Gentiles. It gives excellent coverage to the role played by Jews in creating an American sex culture. The close readings of currently little known texts will be a major help to researchers. Thi||"The strength in his argument is not only in finding social meaning in smut but also in moving beyond the ready cliches of Jewish marginalization to an astute recognition of Jewish power. Lambert discovers in obscene speech, beyond its associations with subver
Winner of the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award presented by the Association for Jewish Studies
Jews have played an integral role in the history of obscenity in America. For most of the 20th century, Jewish entrepreneurs and editors led the charge against obscenity laws. Jewish lawyers battled literary censorship even when their non-Jewish counterparts refused to do so, and they won court decisions in favor of texts including You easily download any file type for your gadget.Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture (Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History) | Josh Lambert. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
