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Bezig met laden... True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Librariesdoor Valerie Nye, Kathy Barco (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. While finding accounts of the big censorship battles (Ulysses, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer) is easily done, this collection provides more typical censorship challenges libraries must deal with on a more common basis. A useful touchstone given these times of greatly increased challenges to library materials we are seeing today. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Librarians present their stories of dealing with challenges to library materials. Their stories come from all types of libraries: school, academic, public, and special libraries. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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While the most common involved parents freaking out about their kids' reading material, there were also really thought-provoking stories about other types of censorship, such as librarians' self-censorship and about student activism against censorship.
Ending now with the quintessential quote from the book: "Who do they think they are? What gives them the right to decide what I can and can't read?" (p.49) ( )