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Beyond the BBFC

Local and regional film censorship in the UK

By Sian Barber

Beyond the BBFC
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  • ISBN: 9781526163127
  • Publish Date: Apr 2025
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Hardcover
    • Pages: 312
    • Price: £85.00
    • Published Date: April 2025

    Description

    This work scrutinises British film censorship from a local perspective. Examining different regions and areas, the work of individual councils and their relations with one another and with the BBFC, it offers a broad historical exploration of the intricacies of film censorship in action. Drawing on local archival material and considering the activities of local government in enforcing Cinematograph legislation, this work considers the significance of film censorship apparatus and processes in shaping and informing responses to and control of film culture in different locations across the twentieth century.

    Contents

    Introduction: local censorship reconsidered
    1. A new form of leisure: 1908-19
    2. New regions and new anxieties: 1920-29
    3. Councils, committees and the perils of cinema: 1930-39
    4. Wartime concerns and local anxieties: 1940-50
    5. The changing landscape of the post-war world: 1950-59
    6. Local alliances in a permissive decade: 1960-70
    7. New categories, new permissions: 1970-76
    8. New boundaries and new regions: 1977-85
    Conclusions
    Index

    Author

    Sian Barber is Reader in Film in the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University Belfast

    Beyond the BBFC

    By Sian Barber

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