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The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942 by Lea Jacobs

The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942

Lea Jacobs

202 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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The story of the fallen woman was a staple of film melodrama in the late 20s and early 30s. In traditional versions of the plot a woman commits a sexual transgression, usually adultery. Expelled from the family, she becomes an outcast, often a pro...

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