Tropic of Cancer

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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:]]