Cosc Ar Ghnéas/A Ban On Sex

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    Cosc Ar Ghnéas/A Ban On SexEnglish (original)zum Film
    Synopsis
    In the puritanical 1940s, Ireland banned two Irish classics - Frank O’Connor’s The Midnight Court, a translation of the Gaelic sexual satire of Brian Merriman, and The Tailor and Ansty, Eric Cross’s account of an earthy rural couple, as indecent and obscene. What was so shocking about these books? How did the frank and amused attitude to sex of the Gaelic past become the puritanism of the new Irish state? And is today’s sexual freedom a liberation or a plunge into decadence?
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    Literature
    Censorship
    Ireland
    Gaelic Culture
    Puritanism
    1940s
    Runtime (in min.):52
    Year Of Production:2005
    Companies & Organizations
    Production Company:

    Louis Marcus Productions

    Film Subsidy:

    BSÉ/IFB

    TG4

    Filmmakers
    Producers:

    Louis Marcus (producer)

    Directing:

    Louis Marcus

    Writing:

    Louis Marcus

    Keywords
    Literature; Censorship; Ireland; Gaelic Culture; Puritanism; 1940s; Sexuality; Freedom; Sexual Liberation; Ban
    Categories
    History, European History, Great Britain & Ireland, Irish History, Ireland today, Literature, Writers & Poets, On Literature, Geography, Travel & Cultures, Europe, Great Britain & Ireland