Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock

Lust on Trial

Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock

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Amy Beth Werbel
Amy Beth Werbel
2018 • 391 pages

Amy Werbel provides a colorful journey through professional censor Anthony Comstock's career that doubles as a history of post-Civil War America's risqué visual and sexual culture. Lust on Trial provides fresh insights into Comstock, the sexual habits of Americans during his era, and the complicated relationship between law and cultural change.

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