Book bans & censorship / [compiled by Grey House Publishing].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

H.W. Wilson Company, compiler.

Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler, publisher.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 96, no. 4.

Reference shelf ; volume 96, number 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prohibited books--United States.

Prohibited books.

Challenged books--United States.

Challenged books.

School libraries--Censorship--United States.

School libraries.

Libraries--Censorship--United States.

Libraries.

Libraries--Censorship.

Physical Description:

xvii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Book bans and censorship

Place of Publication:

[Ipswich, Massachusetts] : H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

Is there such a thing as forbidden knowledge? Are some ideas too dangerous for members of a society to handle? This is the idea behind book banning and censorship, methods meant to create a degree of social control by restricting access to ideas or art or other kinds of expression. Recently, American conservatives have been engaging in this activity again in an effort to limit access to information about race relations, gender politics, and sexuality. Drawing from recent journalism and political writing, this volume of The Reference Shelf looks at the political debate and the social movements behind this resurgence in authoritarianism. -- Publisher

Contents:

Understanding censorship

Challenging information

"What is book banning? And what isn't?" / Ken Paulson, Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University, April 29, 2024

"'Don't say gay' rules and book bans might have felt familiar in medieval Europe" / Jessica Hines, The Conversation, May 16, 2024

"What you need to know about the book bans sweeping the U.S." / Morgan Gilbard, Teachers College at Columbia University, September 2023

"Manuscripts don't burn: a timeline of literary censorship" / Dan Sheehan and Lisa Tolin, PEN America, July 13, 2023

"Politics and school libraries: what shapes students' access to controversial content" / Kirsten Slungaard Mumma, Brookings Institution, February 14, 2023

A new era of censorship

Censorship in the 2020s

"Here's the long list of topics Republicans want banned from the classroom" / Sara Schwartz and Eesha Pandharkar, Education Week, February 2, 2022

"After national backlash, Florida lawmakers eye changes to book restrictions" / Andrew Atterbury, Politico, January 19, 2024

"New report: book bans spike by 33% over last school year" / PEN America, September 21, 2023

"Who's behind the escalating push to ban books? A new report has answers" / Eesha Pendharkar, Education Week, September 28, 2022

Controversial ideas

Race and gender in book bans

"Narratives about critical race theory and Americans' belief about public schools" / Ariell Bertrand, Melissa Arnold Lyon, and Rebecca Jacobsen, Brookings Institution, January 25, 2024

"Efforts to ban critical race theory have been put forth in all but one state

and many threaten schools with a loss of funds" / Taifha Natalie Alexander, The Conversation, April 7, 2023

"Now the most challenged and banned book, Gender Queer was written to give teenagers the guidance that author Maia Kobabe never had" / PEN America, May 3, 2023

"Killing the Indians in 2023: book banning seeks to erase Native Americans

opinion" / Debbie Reese, School Library Journal, October 25, 2023

Censorship and the law

The legal debate

"Congress introduces New Bill to Fight Book Bans in Schools" / Andrew Albanese, Publisher's Weekly, December 6, 2023

"State laws are behind many book bans, even indirectly, report finds" / Eesha Pendharkar, Education Week, May 19, 2023

"Illinois set to become first state to end book bans" / Shia Kapos, Politico, May 3, 2023

"Penguin Random House, PEN America, authors and parents sue Florida county for removing books on race and LGBTQ themes" / Sarah Mokrzycki, The Conversation, May 19, 2023

"Anti-censorship legislation: a flawed attempt to address a legitimate problem" / Daveed Ross-Gartenstein, Madison Urban, and Cody Wilson, Lawfare, July 27, 2022

Education and activism

Librarians and students react to book banning

"How teachers can stay true to history without breaking new laws that restrict what they can teach about racism" / W. Fitzhugh Brundage, The Conversation, June 2, 2023

"'Are you there, God?' reminds us why books are still banned, even in the digital age" / Joanna Weiss, Politico, April 29, 2023

"How school libraries buy books, struggle for funds, and confront book bans: an explainer" / Mark Lieberman, Education Week, February 27, 2023

"Anti-CRT bills are aimed to incite the GOP base

not parents" / William H. Frey, Brookings Institution, May 30, 2022

"How teens benefit from being able to read 'disturbing' books that some want to ban" / Gay Ivey, The Conversation, February 29, 2024

"Book bans and the librarians who won't be hushed" / Elaine McArdle, Harvard Graduate School of Education, November 6, 2023.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

163700897X

9781637008973

OCLC:

1420625768