Caren J. Town

"Unsuitable" Books

Young Adult Fiction and Censorship

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the attempted and successful banning of young adult fiction from media centers and classrooms, this book treats the legal and experiential history of censorship in libraries and public schools. It also looks closely at young adult novels from the early 1970s until today that have been the subject of book challenges. The authors discussed include Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton, Chris Crutcher, Jean Craighead George, M.E. Kerr, Mildred Taylor, and Sherman Alexie. This book offers parents, teachers and librarians arguments against censorship based on literary merit and societal benefit.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780786474196
• ISBN-10: 078647419X
• Artikelnr.: 40868567

Autorenporträt

Caren J. Town is a professor of English at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
One. Dangerous Words: Censorship in the Public Schools
Two. "Someone should tell them": S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders (1967)
Three. The Great Adventure: Judy Blume's Resilient Young Narrators
(1970-1981)
Four. "When fear seizes": Jean Craighead George's Julie of the Wolves
(1972)
Five. Censorship 70s Style: Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War (1974)
Six. "No clouds of glory": Katherine Paterson's Prodigal Children
(1977-1980)
Seven. Chris Crutcher's Painful Honesty (1983-2001)
Eight. "A stronger weapon": Cassie Logan on The Road to Memphis (1990)
Nine. "Simple moments of exquisite happiness": Lois Lowry's The Giver
(1993)
Ten. "Don't you two be strangers!" M.E. Kerr's Deliver Us from Evie (1994)
Eleven. "Be the tree": Trauma, Recovery and Voice in Laurie Halse
Anderson's Speak (1999)
Twelve. "A beautiful and ugly thing": Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True
Diary (2007)
Conclusion-Challenges Ahead
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index