Censorship and Selection

Censorship and Selection
Author: Henry Reichman
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2001-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780838907986

Censorship! The word itself sparks debate, especially when the context is the public school. Since the publication of the second edition of this landmark book in 1993, wired classrooms, legal challenges, and societal shifts have changed the landscape for the free exchange of ideas. Completely revised and updated, this new edition remains the most comprehensive guide for protecting the freedom to read in schools: For school librarians and media specialists, teachers, and administrators, Reichman covers the different media (including books, school newspapers, and the Internet), the important court cases (including recent litigations involving Harry Potter, the Internet, and Huck Finn), the issues in dispute (including violence, religion, and profanity), and how the laws on the books can be incorporated into selection policies. An entire chapter is devoted to troubleshooting and answering the question of What do we do if...? Look no further for the best and most specific information on providing access and facing challenges to intellectual freedom. You'll find answers if you are asking questions like these: * What is the distinction between making selection decisions and censoring?

Censors in the Classroom

Censors in the Classroom
Author: Edward B. Jenkinson
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1979
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Probes attempts by parents and citizen groups to regulate and censor books used in public schools since the 1974 censorship incident in Kanawha County, West Virginia, exlporing how these efforts encrouch upon the rights of students and teachers.

The Censors

The Censors
Author: Luisa Valenzuela
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The only bilingual collection of fiction by Luisa Valenzuela. This selection of stories from "Clara", "Strange things happen here", and "Open door" delve into the personal and political realities under authoritarian rule.

Places I Never Meant to be

Places I Never Meant to be
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1999
Genre: Short stories, American
ISBN: 0689820348

A collection of short stories accompanied by short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past.

Movie Censorship and American Culture

Movie Censorship and American Culture
Author: Francis G. Couvares
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781558495753

From the earliest days of public outrage over "indecent" nickelodeon shows, Americans have worried about the power of the movies. The eleven essays in this book examine nearly a century of struggle over cinematic representations of sex, crime, violence, religion, race, and ethnicity, revealing that the effort to regulate the screen has reflected deep social and cultural schisms. In addition to the editor, contributors include Daniel Czitrom, Marybeth Hamilton, Garth Jowett, Charles Lyons, Richard Maltby, Charles Musser, Alison M. Parker, Charlene Regester, Ruth Vasey, and Stephen Vaughn. Together they make it clear that censoring the movies is more than just a reflex against "indecency," however defined. Whether censorship protects the vulnerable or suppresses the creative, it is part of a broader culture war that breaks out recurrently as Americans try to come to terms with the market, the state, and the plural society in which they live.

Silent to the Bone

Silent to the Bone
Author: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1442439734

Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioral center, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tell what really happened. Connor is the only one who might be able to break through Branwell's wall of silence. But how can he prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act of which he's accused — when Branwell can't speak for himself?

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books
Author: Lee Burress
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1989
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780810821514

This book covers many important events for those studying censorship conflicts.

Harry Potter and the Cedarville Censors

Harry Potter and the Cedarville Censors
Author: Brian Meadors
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1476674973

In 2002, the Cedarville School Board in Crawford County, Arkansas, ordered the removal of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books from library shelves, holding that "witchcraft or sorcery [should not] be available for study." The Board picked some formidable adversaries. School librarian Estella Roberts, standing on policy, had the books reviewed--and unanimously approved--by a committee of teachers and administrators that included a child and a parent. Not satisfied with the Board's half-measure permitting access to the books with parental approval, 4th-grader Dakota Counts and her father Bill Counts sued the school district in Federal court, drawing on the precedent Pico v. Island Trees to reaffirm that Constitutional rights apply to school libraries. Written by the lawyer who prosecuted the case, this book details the origins of the book ban and the civil procedures and legal arguments that restored the First Amendment in Cedarville.

Lawn Boy

Lawn Boy
Author: Jonathan Evison
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616209232

Recipient of the 2019 Alex Award​​ “Mike Muñoz Is a Holden Caulfield for a New Millennium--a '10th-generation peasant with a Mexican last name, raised by a single mom on an Indian reservation' . . . Evison, as in his previous four novels, has a light touch and humorously guides the reader, this time through the minefield that is working-class America.” --The New York Times Book Review For Mike Muñoz, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew--he’s smart enough to know that he’s got to be the one to shake things up if he’s ever going to change his life. But how? He’s not qualified for much of anything. He has no particular talents, although he is stellar at handling a lawn mower and wielding clipping shears. But now that career seems to be behind him. So what’s next for Mike Muñoz? In this funny, biting, touching, and ultimately inspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man determined to achieve the American dream of happiness and prosperity--who just so happens to find himself along the way.