Name: HENRY MILLER'S TROPIC OF CANCER

Date:  1926 - 1950 , 1951 - 1975

Location:  North America

Subject:  Explicit Sexuality , Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium:  Literature

Artist: HENRY MILLER

Confronting Bodies: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Date of Action: 1936-1961

Specific Location: UNITED STATES

Description of Artwork: sexually explicit novels



Description of Incident: TROPIC OF CANCER WAS BEING LEGALLY BANNED AS OBSCENE



Results of Incident: WITH THE CHANGE IN OBSCENITY LAWS, MILLER IS NO LONGER BANNED

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