In our readings for this week, Callison discussed the idea of question evolution. I read an article on The Golden Compass called "How a Community, a Bunch of Librarians, and Students Saved “The Golden Compass." Concerned parents in a school district tried to remove The Golden Compass from the shelves of a middle school. The library staff removed the book without following library policy, and the school administration sided with the parents, without following the adopted procedures.
Callison writes about the evolution of research questions. Just from my limited research, I've discovered that I'm more interested about specific incidents involving adolescent and teenage literature. Some of my questions need to be readdressed...
My subsidiary question was..."What are some specific incidents of book challenging?"
What are some specific adolescent and teenage books that have been challenged for political reasons, religious reasons, social reasons? Why specifically? How did the librarians react? What was the result?
I'm sure my questions will continue to evolve as I read.
Joshua
Josh,
ReplyDeleteAs part of my Intellectual Freedom course we had to blog about incidences of censorship in the news. Not everything was specifically related to book banning. However, I did have several posts about particular cases. You can check out my blog at http://freetoread-lib.blogspot.com/ There are links to the articles within the posts.