A South African Censor's Tale (Paperback)

Kobus van Rooyen was the Chairman of the Publications Appeal Board from 1980-90. Under his leadership phenomenal steps were taken towards freeing South Africa from the clutches of apartheid censorship of books, films and public entertainment.Earlier banned books such as "Magersfontein o Magersfontein " (Leroux), "Looking on Darkness" (Andre Brink), "Lady Chatterley s Lover" (DH Lawrence), "Portnoy s Complaint" (Roth) were all unbanned. The absolutist approach of cutting films to pieces was replaced by age-restricted films where adults were trusted to see the original product therefore, films such as "A Clockwork Orange" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" were passed. The book also addresses why "The Last Temptation of Christ" did not pass in 1989 and was indeed permitted to be broadcast in 2008 both under his chairmanship - and what ultimately happened to Salman Rushdie s "Satanic Verses."Ultimately the paradigm was shifted completely in films and publications regulation in the eighties: from no to yes, from distrust to trust, from fundamentalism to realism, from despotism to democracy. This book is autobiographical, sketching the delights of freedom of expression in the 1980s in an informal and often humoristic style; of course, also with the pains which it brought to the personal life of the author, when he and his family personally suffered at the hand of rightwing elements for the passing of the Attenborough film, "Cry Freedom.""

General

Imprint:	Protea Boekhuis
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Kobus van Rooyen
Illustrators:	Marinus Wiechers
Dimensions:	223 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-86919-415-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Censorship
LSN:	1-86919-415-2
Barcode:	9781869194154

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