Background
Benson, Thomas Walter was born on January 25, 1937 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Adelbert and Beatrice (Newton) Benson.
( A case history of the only American film under court-im...)
A case history of the only American film under court-imposed restrictions for reasons other than obscenity or national security. Titicut Follies is an excoriating depiction of conditions in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, a prison-hospital for the criminally insane. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts took Wiseman to court, seeking to prevent the exhibition of Titicut Follies soon after its release in 1967. This account of the Titicut Follies case is based on ten years of research and relies on interviews, journalistic accounts, and especially on the legal record, including the Commonwealth v. Wiseman transcript, to describe the entire process of independent documentary filmmaking. The trials of Titicut Follies raise crucial questions about the relation of social documentary to its subjects and audiences.
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Benson, Thomas Walter was born on January 25, 1937 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Adelbert and Beatrice (Newton) Benson.
AB, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1958. Master of Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1966.
From assistant to associate professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1971; associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1971-1975; professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1975; Sparks professor rhetoric, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1990. Visiting assistant professor University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1970.
( Providing in-depth accounts and close critical examinat...)
( A case history of the only American film under court-im...)
Donated Thomas W. Benson Political Protest Collection to the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, special collections. Member International Society for History of Rhetoric, National Communications Association (Kibler award 1983, Presidential citation 1997, Distinguished Scholar 1997, Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar 1997), Eastern Communications Association (Distng. Research fellow), Rhetoric Society America.
Married Margaret Sandelin, September 3, 1960. Children: Margaret, Sarah Beverly.