Family Newspapers? - Sex, Private Life, and the British Popular Press 1918-1978

Zusatztext There are many riches in this book ... Adrian Bingham has produced a very fine study of an important subject. Klappentext Family Newspapers? provides the first detailed historical study of the modern popular press's coverage of sex and private life, from the start of the mass newspaper reading boom in 1918 to the triumph of the Sun's sexualised journalism in 1978. In this period, newspapers were at the heart of British popular culture, and Fleet Street's preoccupation with sex meant that the press was a hugely significant source of knowledge and imagery about sexual behaviour, personal relationships, and moral codes. Focusing on changing ideas of what sexual content was deemed 'fit to print', Adrian Bingham reveals how editors negotiated the tension between exploiting public curiosity about sex and ensuring that their journalism remained within the bounds of acceptability for a 'family newspaper'. The study challenges established interpretations of social change by drawing attention to the ways in which the press opened up the public discussion of sexuality before the 'permissiveness' of the 1960s. Exploring the spectacular diversity of the press's sexual content - from advice columns to pin-ups, from court reports to celebrity revelations - Bingham offers a rich and thought-provoking investigation of a media form that has done much to shape the character of modern Britain. Zusammenfassung Family Newspapers? provides the first detailed historical study of the modern popular press's coverage of sex and private life, from the start of the mass newspaper reading boom in 1918 to the triumph of the Sun's sexualised journalism in 1978. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Contexts: The Media and British Sexual Culture 2: Informing and Advising: Sexual Welfare 3: Surveying Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour 4: Court Reporting 5: Moral Crusades: Prostitution and Homosexuality 6: Titillation: The Evolution of the Newspaper Pin-Up 7: Gossip and Scandal: Scrutinising Public Figures Conclusions Bibliography Index ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Adrian Bingham, Bingham Adrian
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 25.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199279586
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927958-6
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 171 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, European History, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Press & journalism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, News media and journalism, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, Privacy law, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General