Tropic of Cancer
Date: 1926 - 1950 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Explicit Sexuality Sexual/Gender Orientation [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Literature [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
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 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]