| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) |
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Beta Phi Mu scholars |
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Beta Phi Mu scholars.
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| Contents |
Trusting the system -- Power and knowledge -- Perfect timing -- The Moral decline of society, institutions, and the family -- Reading should edify the soul -- Fear, knowledge and power |
| Summary |
Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of books -- also known as challenges -- occur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning in 21st Century America, based on fifteen contemporary book challenges cases in schools and public libraries across the United States, argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries. Focusing on the why of censorship, Knox posits that many censorship attempts are intimately tied to how one understands the practice of reading and its effects on character development and behavior |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Public libraries -- Censorship -- United States
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School libraries -- Censorship -- United States
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Challenged books -- United States
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Intellectual freedom -- United States
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Books and reading -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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School libraries
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Public libraries
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Books and reading
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Books and reading -- Psychological aspects
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Challenged books
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Intellectual freedom
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Public libraries -- Censorship
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School libraries -- Censorship
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021676844 |
| ISBN |
9781442231689 |
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1442231688 |
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9781322643533 |
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1322643539 |
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