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Content: Government funding for the arts
The government's role as a benefactor of 
      the arts has posed more difficult questions for society in general and for 
      the courts in particular. Serano's "Piss Christ" and Mapplethorpe's 
      homoerotic photographs triggered culture wars over the NEA funding of controversial 
      art. See Richard 
      Jensen, "The 
      Culture Wars, 1965-1995: A Historian's Map" (revised version); Joseph Wesley Zeigler, "Striving 
      for Positive Passivity: Ideas for a Future NEA"; The Ethical Spectacle, 
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      Federal Support of Controversial Art. Freedom of Expression at the National Endowment for 
      the Arts, a web site developed 
      and maintained by Julie 
      Van Camp, Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Long 
      Beach, provides an excellent introduction to this topic. Prof. Van Camp 
      provides succinct analysis of: How is freedom of expression for artists protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?