Tropic of Cancer
From Censorpedia
Date: 1938
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Literature
Artist: Henry Miller
Confronting Bodies: U.S. Government
Dates of Action: 1938
Location: United States
Description of Artwork: Henry Miller's, Tropic of Cancer, deals explicitly with his sexual adventures and challenged models of sexual morality.
The Incident: The novel, Tropic of Cancer, and all of Henry Miller's works are banned from entering the United States.
Results of Incident: In 1961 the ban is lifted, although the work is deemed "obscene" by the Citizens for Decent Literature.
Source: New York Public Library, New York City
