Cover Up The Dirty Parts

Published by Cambridge Scholars Press. While investigating this in the writing part of the project, the focus was on the line between funding and free speech. I revisited the late-80’s /early-90’s controversy surrounding Mapplethorpe’s ass fucking images and Serrano’s singular Piss Christ, more importantly focusing on the cultural divisions and the philosophical underpinnings, as well as an examination of other international instances of censorship, including an interview with the Iranian writer Shahrnush Parsipur. In addition, excerpts from that are also found on the blog under the title “Interview with Shahrnush Parsipur”.