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"What do Oscar Wilde, Jane Rule, Jean Genet and Sarah Schulman have in common? They have all had their novels seized by the border guards of Canada Customs. And what has Little Sister's, a small gay and lesbian bookstore in western Canada, done about it? They have taken the Government to court, launching one of the century's most impressive challenges to state censorship." "Restricted Entry is the story of Little Sister's battle to end Customs' ongoing harassment of gay and lesbian authors and booksellers. In the final months of 1994, the lawsuit was played out in provincial Supreme Court with all the intensity of an old-fashioned obscenity trial. The courtroom drama pitted bookseller versus vice squad, artist vs. psychologist, author vs. bureaucrat. Pierre Berton, Sarah Schulman, Carole Vance and Pat Califia, among many others, testified in the fight for an end to censorship of minority cultures and in defence of all people's right to choose what they will or will not read." "Restricted Entry presents the highlights of Little Sister's decade-long struggle from seizures and store bombings, to crucial questions about pornography and censorship. The reader is given a behind-the-scenes account of the historic case, whose outcome will affect book lovers and writers around the world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I'm not sure how this one ended up on The List; it was probably one that I read about in library school and thought sounded interesting enough to add to the list. The book is essentially a recounting of the court case that occurred in 1994. While the authors state in the introduction that they attempt to depict the case without bias, it is obvious which side they belonged. A fascinating insight into the history of obscenity laws and the discrimination that Canadian customs exhibited toward materials destined for bookstores whose primary users were the gay and lesbian community. The book definitely shows its age (originally published in 1995) in the terms it uses (not a reference to GLBTQ to be seen). Also, the book was published before the verdict was released so I had to do some hunting to see how the case was ultimately resolved. I felt like the passages from Janine were an interruption of the narrative flow in the recounting of the court trial but I'm not always as into the human interest side of things. An interesting read if you have interests in censorship or Canadian law but definitely look for newer editions which I assume include information on court decisions and the appeal that went to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2000. ( )