Culture shock / WGBH Educational Foundation.

Series of four documentaries explores why particular works or forms of art became (and some remain) controversial, gives points of view on the effects of the arts on individuals and on society, and addresses censorship and education. Each also is a self-contained documentary that analyses the partic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WGBH Educational Foundation
PBS Video
Other Authors: Espar, David
Carter, Maria Agui
Lindsay, Calvin A.
Janows, Jill
Lee, Leslie
Rogers, Richard P.
Language:English
Published: [Burlington, Vt.] : [Alexandria, Va.] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Video, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910. > Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910. > Adventures of Huckleberry Finn > Study and teaching.
Manet, Édouard, > 1832-1883. > Olympia.
Arts and society.
Arts > Censorship.
Arts > Psychological aspects.
Motion pictures > Censorship > United States > History.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Jazz > 1921-1930 > History and criticism.
African American musicians.
Jazz > Social aspects > United States.
African Americans in literature.
Literature and society > United States.
Nude in art.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark)
Olympia (Manet, Édouard)
Jazz.
Jazz > Social aspects.
Literature and society.
Motion pictures > Censorship.
Study skills.
United States.
1921-1930
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Series of four documentaries explores why particular works or forms of art became (and some remain) controversial, gives points of view on the effects of the arts on individuals and on society, and addresses censorship and education. Each also is a self-contained documentary that analyses the particular form or work and presents the cultural milieu in which it was created.
Note:Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published by WGBH Educational Foundation and PBS Video, copyright 1999.
Videorecording.
Call Number:NX180.S6 C858 2019 VideoDVD
Credits:Hollywood censored: writer, producer, director, David Espar ; co-director, editor, Robert Marshall. The devil's music: writers, producers, directors, Maria Agui Carter, Calvin A. Lindsay, Jr. Born to trouble: producer, director, Jill Janows ; writers, Jill Janows, Leslie Lee. The shock of the nude: writer, producer, Richard P. Rogers.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.