Censorship Resources

Books Available on Censorship

Following is a listing of books that, directly or indirectly, deal with the issues discussed in this project.

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Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America
Eric Nuzum / Paperback / Published 2001

It's Not Only Rock & Roll : Popular Music in the Lives of Adolescents
Peter G. Christenson, Donald F. Roberts / Published 1998

50 Ways to Fight Censorship : And Important Facts to Know About the Censors
Dave Marsh / Paperback / Published 1991

Anti-Rock : The Opposition to Rock'N'Roll
Linda Martin, Kerry Segrave / Published 1993

Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock and Roll
David Szatmary / Published 1999

Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy : A Guide to America's Censorship Wars
Marjorie Heins / Published 1993

The New Book of Rock Lists
Dave Marsh / Published 1994

Anatomy of Censorship : Why the Censors Have It Wrong
Harry White/ Published 1997

Censorship (Library in a Book)
Gail Blasser Riley / Published 1998

20 Years of Censored News
Carl Jensen, Tom Tomorrow (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1997

Culture Wars : Documents from the Recent Controversies in the Arts
Richard Bolton (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1992

Liberty Denied : The Current Rise of Censorship in America
Donna A. Demac / Paperback / Published 1990

The complete reference list for this web site and my book are more than 12 single space type-written pages long. Plus, it took a long time to assemble. Here is a list of articles that should help get you started.

• Voltz, Edward J. (1991, July) You Can't Play That. School Library Journal, 37 16-18.
• Henry, William A. III (1990, July 30) Did The Music Say "Do It"?. Time, 136 65.
• Goodwin, Amy (1990, May 18) Sharpening the Blue Pencil. New Statesman and Society, 3 46.
• Manning, Steven (1990, May 18) X-Rated Rock and Roll. Scholastic Update (Teacher's Edition), 122 10-11.
• Wishnia, Steven (1987, October 24) Rockin' with the First Amendment. Nation, 245 444-446.
• Bronson, Fred (1994, March 26) A selected chronology of musical controversy. Billboard, 106 N36, N41+.