Ban this filth! : Mary Whitehouse and the battle to keep Britain innocent
2013
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The launch of Mary Whitehouse's 'Clean Up TV' campaign made the Christian school-teacher a media star overnight. Over the next 37 years, her name became a byword for censoriousness. All the letters this campaigner sent, and most of the many thousands she received, were preserved. Sifting through this unique compendium of outrage and affront, Ben Thompson uncovers a startling new perspective on Mary Whitehouse's stand against a tsunami of swearing and sexual license.
Main title:
Ban this filth! : Mary Whitehouse and the battle to keep Britain innocent / edited by Ben Thompson ; based on an idea by Jonny Trunk and Jo Wheeler.
Author:
Thompson, Ben, 1973-, editor
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2013.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.
ISBN:
9780571281510 (pbk)0571281516
Dewey class:
303.3'76'092303.376
Local class:
303.376
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
612291