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Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship
J. M. Coetzee
Focusing on the ways authors have traditionally responded to censorship, this is a collection of essays which attempt to understand the motives for censorship. It argues that a society bound by censorship engenders a destructive dynamic of belligerence and escalating rivalry.
300 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 8, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226111766 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 297 |
| Dimensions | 216 × 146 × 19 mm · 408 g |
| Language | English |
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