Abstract
This Independent Study explores the laws of censorship in Spain and America and the effect they have on each country’s daily culture. The history behind each country’s censorship laws began in the 1940s, with the boom of radio, television, and film. During the rise in popularity of the media, Americans were dealing with McCarthyism and Spain was deep into Franco’s reign, but each country eventually found freedom from their initial incredibly strict censorship laws. While studying abroad in Spain, my passion for film led me to ask the question of how the censorship of films could be so different, yet so similar, in each culture. My study analyzes American and Spanish students’ reactions to different popular Spanish and American film clips. I find that reactions to each clip vary depending on the content, but that American student’s reactions are different from Spanish reactions. Movies are drastically important in a society because as we shape films, films, in turn, shape us.
Advisor
Tierney, Thomas
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Petersen, Madeline G., "#*$! Censorship: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Censorship in Film in the United States and Spain" (2014). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6163.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6163
Disciplines
Anthropology | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Keywords
Spain, America, Francoism, censorship
Publication Date
2014
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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