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''Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth'' is a non-fiction book by attorney and civil libertarian Marjorie Heins about freedom of speech and the relationship between censorship and the "think of the children" argument. The book presents a chronological history of censorship from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages to the present. It discusses notable censored works, including ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce, ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' by D. H. Lawrence and the seven dirty words monologue by comedian George Carlin. Heins discusses censorship aimed at youth in the United States through legislation including the Children's Internet Protection Act and the Communications Decency Act. The author explores the question of whether children and adolescents are negatively impacted by exposure to media deemed inappropriate by adults (including violence and pornography), arguing that youths are not endangered by sexually explicit material. Heins asserts that there is no simple tactic by which the government can censor material from children without violating rights guaranteed adults by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. She points out that although the view of sexually explicit material's negative impact on children is unproven, the fear of its impact is used to support morality-based arguments; appeals to morality should not be a basis for censorship. ''Not in Front of the Children'' concludes that censorship under the auspices of protecting youth actually has the unintended consequence of harming them. ''Not in Front of the Children'' received the Eli M. Oboler Award in 2002 from the American Library Association as the "Best Published Work on Intellectual Freedom". ''Booklist'' recommended it as a starting point for discussion between adolescents and adults. ''Library Journal'' recommended the book for academic and public libraries as a detailed history of censorship related to obscenity. ''Publishers Weekly'' called the book a significant work in the fields of child psychology and civil liberties. In Florida, the ''St. Petersburg Times'' praised the book as an engaging look at attempts to prevent adolescents from thinking about sexuality. ''The American Prospect'' criticized Heins' presentation style, calling the book boring. ==Background== Author Marjorie Heins, an attorney with a focus on civil liberties, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1967.〔 She graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Harvard Law School, receiving a juris doctor degree in 1978.〔 At the time of the book's publication, Heins was director of the Free Expression Policy Project at the National Coalition Against Censorship.〔 Her prior published books include ''Strictly Ghetto Property: The Story of Los Siete de la Raza'' (1972), ''Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence'' (1987) and ''Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars'' (1993). After ''Not in Front of the Children'' was published, Heins wrote ''Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge'' (which received the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award) in 2013. Before publication the book's working title was ''Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency" in History, Politics, and Law'', and it was first published in 2001 by Hill & Wang. Heins' original book included about 300 pages of material, with an additional-notes section over 100 pages long.〔 A paperback edition from the same publisher was released in 2002, and Rutgers University Press published paperback and e-book editions in 2007. The 2007 paperback edition included a new introduction to the book by Heins. A European edition was published in 2008. Heins dedicated the book to her Harvard Law School professor Benjamin Kaplan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Not in Front of the Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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