The Best of Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expression [Hardcover]

Barry Hoffman (Editor)

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The most provocative articles on such explosive topics as race, pornography, political correctness, and media manipulation by the publicati on dedicated to exploring American society's limits.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 223 pages
• Publisher: Texas Bookman; 1st Richard Kasak book ed edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563332027
• ISBN-13: 978-1563332029
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,845,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #93 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Current Events > Civil Rights & Liberties

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great, June 15, 2001

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This review is from: The Best of Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expression (Hardcover)

I thought that this book offered really great insight into the contemporary controversies surrounding obscenity, pornography, comics, repression of lgbt {lesbian, gay, bi and transgender)community, and all limits of free speech. The publication is very liberal which I though was a great advantage. The book offers a few pieces from those on the right wing of the political spectrum, but overall the book focuses (and sympethizes with) extremely liberal peoople. I think the text could have been a little better by including more pieces by feminist authors/activists. There are some (I think I remember 2 or 3) but there could be a lot more. Also, some articles on the internet and free speech could have been addressed. Overall though, I thought the book was thought provoking.

a few of the pieces included are:

bullwhips, sex slaves, and catcher and the rye; the arguments against pornography; an interview with art spiegelman; the art of homophobia; san francisco vs. basic instinct; whoring in utopia; hate and the art of queer media spins; sex, smears, and feminists; pornnography's victims.