Gonda Van Steen
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198718321
- eISBN:
- 9780191787621
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198718321.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
Chapter 2 discusses the history, policies, and practices of the Greek military regime’s censorship (via the book index and preventive and hortatory censorship), but also addresses the reactions of ...
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Chapter 2 discusses the history, policies, and practices of the Greek military regime’s censorship (via the book index and preventive and hortatory censorship), but also addresses the reactions of authors and theater practitioners. The chapter covers the “Authors’ Silence” or the silence boycott by authors and playwrights, self-censorship, and the dissident contestation of state censorship. It also focuses on the role of ancient drama and especially on Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, identifying the defiant, intellectual tragic hero as a voice of modern resistance. The chapter further discusses the activist contributions of Anna Synodinou and George Seferis, to then turn to transgressive plays representative of the New Greek Theater and of the Greek Performative Turn (associated with the work of stage director Giorgos Michaelides). The chapter also presents a case study of The Trombone, a thought-provoking play written by Marios Pontikas. The final section outlines the role played by the Greek revueLess
Chapter 2 discusses the history, policies, and practices of the Greek military regime’s censorship (via the book index and preventive and hortatory censorship), but also addresses the reactions of authors and theater practitioners. The chapter covers the “Authors’ Silence” or the silence boycott by authors and playwrights, self-censorship, and the dissident contestation of state censorship. It also focuses on the role of ancient drama and especially on Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, identifying the defiant, intellectual tragic hero as a voice of modern resistance. The chapter further discusses the activist contributions of Anna Synodinou and George Seferis, to then turn to transgressive plays representative of the New Greek Theater and of the Greek Performative Turn (associated with the work of stage director Giorgos Michaelides). The chapter also presents a case study of The Trombone, a thought-provoking play written by Marios Pontikas. The final section outlines the role played by the Greek revue
Wendy Su
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813167060
- eISBN:
- 9780813167077
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813167060.003.0005
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter analyzes the intertwined relationships among the state, Hollywood capital, Chinese film producers. Citing sixth-generation filmmakers such as Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, ...
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This chapter analyzes the intertwined relationships among the state, Hollywood capital, Chinese film producers. Citing sixth-generation filmmakers such as Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, Wang Quan’an, and Gu Changwei, as well as younger filmmakers such as Lu Chuan, Guanhu, Yang Shupeng, and Ning Hao, the author discusses film professionals’ strategies to resist state repression, their subtle relationships with global capital, and their unfailing efforts to pursue their art while struggling for market survival. After reviewing China’s censorship system and various film directors’ strategies to survive, the author argues that their movies reflect a fractured national identity and moral collapse, a strong sense of dislocation and disorientation, and a “no way out” perspective. Trapped by the state censorship system, box office pressure, and the unswerving power of global Hollywood, Chinese film modernity has yet to arrive.Less
This chapter analyzes the intertwined relationships among the state, Hollywood capital, Chinese film producers. Citing sixth-generation filmmakers such as Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, Wang Quan’an, and Gu Changwei, as well as younger filmmakers such as Lu Chuan, Guanhu, Yang Shupeng, and Ning Hao, the author discusses film professionals’ strategies to resist state repression, their subtle relationships with global capital, and their unfailing efforts to pursue their art while struggling for market survival. After reviewing China’s censorship system and various film directors’ strategies to survive, the author argues that their movies reflect a fractured national identity and moral collapse, a strong sense of dislocation and disorientation, and a “no way out” perspective. Trapped by the state censorship system, box office pressure, and the unswerving power of global Hollywood, Chinese film modernity has yet to arrive.
Simon J. Potter
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199265121
- eISBN:
- 9780191718427
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199265121.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly ...
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly study of the development of that system. Revealed to contemporaries by the South African War, the basis on which the system would develop soon became the focus for debate. Commercial organizations, including newspaper combinations and news agencies such as Reuters, fought to protect their interests, while ‘constructive imperialists’ attempted to enlist the power of the state to strengthen the system. Debate culminated in fierce controversies over state censorship and propaganda during and after the First World War. Based on extensive archival research, this study addresses crucial themes, including the impact of empire on the press, Britain's imperial experience, and the idea of a ‘British world’. Challenging earlier nationalist accounts, the author draws out the ambiguous impact of the imperial press system on local, national, and imperial identities.Less
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly study of the development of that system. Revealed to contemporaries by the South African War, the basis on which the system would develop soon became the focus for debate. Commercial organizations, including newspaper combinations and news agencies such as Reuters, fought to protect their interests, while ‘constructive imperialists’ attempted to enlist the power of the state to strengthen the system. Debate culminated in fierce controversies over state censorship and propaganda during and after the First World War. Based on extensive archival research, this study addresses crucial themes, including the impact of empire on the press, Britain's imperial experience, and the idea of a ‘British world’. Challenging earlier nationalist accounts, the author draws out the ambiguous impact of the imperial press system on local, national, and imperial identities.
Kirsten Cather
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824835873
- eISBN:
- 9780824871604
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824835873.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter focuses on the Black Snow trial, which established a revised template that took into account both the existence of a self-regulatory body like Eirin for film, as well as the inherent ...
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This chapter focuses on the Black Snow trial, which established a revised template that took into account both the existence of a self-regulatory body like Eirin for film, as well as the inherent differences between the media of literature and film. Given that Black Snow is a politically and sexually explicit film about prostitutes set on the outskirts of a U.S. military base in Tokyo, the trial illuminates the complex relationship between regulating sex and regulating politics, and also between state censorship and Eirin censorship. The contentious preproduction censorship negotiations between the film’s director, Takechi Tetsuji, and Eirin influenced both the production of the film itself and its postproduction censorship trial by the state.Less
This chapter focuses on the Black Snow trial, which established a revised template that took into account both the existence of a self-regulatory body like Eirin for film, as well as the inherent differences between the media of literature and film. Given that Black Snow is a politically and sexually explicit film about prostitutes set on the outskirts of a U.S. military base in Tokyo, the trial illuminates the complex relationship between regulating sex and regulating politics, and also between state censorship and Eirin censorship. The contentious preproduction censorship negotiations between the film’s director, Takechi Tetsuji, and Eirin influenced both the production of the film itself and its postproduction censorship trial by the state.
David Coady
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780198863977
- eISBN:
- 9780191896255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198863977.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
It is widely believed that we are facing a problem, caused by something called ‘fake news’. Governments and other powerful institutions around the world have adopted a variety of measures to restrict ...
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It is widely believed that we are facing a problem, caused by something called ‘fake news’. Governments and other powerful institutions around the world have adopted a variety of measures to restrict the reporting and dissemination of claims they deem to be fake news. Many of these measures are clear breaches of fundamental rights, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press. This chapter arsgues that, contrary to common opinion, there is no new or growing problem of fake news. There is instead a new and growing problem caused by the term ‘fake news’. Although this term has no fixed meaning it does have a fixed function. It functions to restrict permissible public speech and opinion in ways that serve the interests of powerful people and institutions.Less
It is widely believed that we are facing a problem, caused by something called ‘fake news’. Governments and other powerful institutions around the world have adopted a variety of measures to restrict the reporting and dissemination of claims they deem to be fake news. Many of these measures are clear breaches of fundamental rights, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press. This chapter arsgues that, contrary to common opinion, there is no new or growing problem of fake news. There is instead a new and growing problem caused by the term ‘fake news’. Although this term has no fixed meaning it does have a fixed function. It functions to restrict permissible public speech and opinion in ways that serve the interests of powerful people and institutions.
Elaine Hadley
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226311883
- eISBN:
- 9780226311906
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226311906.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This chapter discusses signature liberalism published in the articles of the Fortnightly Review of mid-Victorian liberalism. The Fortnightly Review had entered the public sphere as if to transform ...
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This chapter discusses signature liberalism published in the articles of the Fortnightly Review of mid-Victorian liberalism. The Fortnightly Review had entered the public sphere as if to transform it; its commitment to “the full and free expression of opinion,” was an effort not merely to provide a setting for the articulation of “free thought” but to refine this platitude—by a form of publication—into a specific instantiation of thought, that of individual opinion. In an era when some men could still remember living under the suspension of habeas corpus, and many more the restrictions of state censorship and the Stamp Act, when party journalism seemed to have a monopoly on print discussion, when political and social expediency seemed always to outweigh what leading liberals compulsively called “principle,” free thought and its circulation were not simply a given but practices that had to be formed and formalized.Less
This chapter discusses signature liberalism published in the articles of the Fortnightly Review of mid-Victorian liberalism. The Fortnightly Review had entered the public sphere as if to transform it; its commitment to “the full and free expression of opinion,” was an effort not merely to provide a setting for the articulation of “free thought” but to refine this platitude—by a form of publication—into a specific instantiation of thought, that of individual opinion. In an era when some men could still remember living under the suspension of habeas corpus, and many more the restrictions of state censorship and the Stamp Act, when party journalism seemed to have a monopoly on print discussion, when political and social expediency seemed always to outweigh what leading liberals compulsively called “principle,” free thought and its circulation were not simply a given but practices that had to be formed and formalized.
