Rochelle Gurstein

Biographic Data

ID1673618
NAMERochelle Gurstein
GIVEN NAMESRochelle
FAMILY NAMEGurstein
SIGNATUREGURSTEIN R
AFFILIATIONSNew York University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
H-INDEX0

  • The Waning of Shame in Modern Life: Kundera's Novels as a Case Study

    Rochelle GursteinARTICLESocial research2003

    PRIVACY has been my obsession,” Milan Kundera once declared in an interview. “I might exaggerate by saying that I am in a sense ‘sculpted’ for discretion.” Whether the story takes place in Czechoslovakia after 1968 or consumerist western Europe, Kundera brings to life the way privacy protects those experiences that leave the self most vulnerable. He reveals this chiefly by negation, presenting us with the specter of a world not only where the pub…

  • Taste and "The Conversible World" in the Eighteenth Century

    Rochelle GursteinARTICLEJournal of the History of Ideas2000

    Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 61, Number 2, April 2000

  • The Repeal of Reticence: A History of America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art

    Jessica Chen Wei, Jessica Weiss et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article The Repeal of Reticence: A History of America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art. By Rochelle Gurstein. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1996. x, 357 pp. Cloth, $27.50, ISBN 0-8090-8069-9. Paper, $15.00, ISBN 0-8090-1612-5.) Get access Jessica Weiss Jessica Weiss California State University, Hayward, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…

  • The Repeal of Reticence: A History of America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art

    Norman L Rosenberg, Rochelle GursteinARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1998

    Journal Article The Repeal of Reticence: A History of America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art Get access Gurstein Rochelle, The Repeal of Reticence: A History of America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art. New York: Hill and Wang, 1996. ix, 357 pp. $27.50. Norman L. Rosenberg Norman L. Rosenberg Macalester College Search for ot…

  • Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius

    Rochelle Gurstein, Edward de GraziaARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius. By Edward de Grazia. (New York: Vintage, 1993. xvi, 814 pp. Paper, $17.00, ISBN 0-679-74341-3.) Get access Rochelle Gurstein Rochelle Gurstein New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 4, March 1994, Pages 1531–1532, https://doi.org/10.2307/…

  • A History of Private Life, Vol. V: Riddles of Identity in Modern Times

    Rochelle Gurstein, Antoine Prost et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992