CENSORSHIP IS AS OLD AS CIVILIZATION It is not our business to invent stories ourselves but only to be clear as to the main outlines to be followed by the poets in making their stories and the limits beyond which they must not be allowed to go ID: 176423
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Bonfire of the LibrariesSlide2
CENSORSHIP IS AS OLD AS CIVILIZATION
It is not our business to invent stories ourselves but only to be clear as to the main outlines to be followed by the poets in making their stories and the limits beyond which they must not be allowed to go.
-Plato, The Republic, ca. 385 B.C.
In 1205 A.D. Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order of Preaching Friars, was sent to Languedoc (now part of France) to convert people to the orthodox faith. Traveling among the Albigensian heretics, he preached, taught, organized disputations, and supervised the burning of heretical books.Slide3
Know the difference:
one follows the other
and
it is all CENSORSHIPBook Challenges: A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others.
Books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others, frequently children, from difficult ideas and information.
Book Banning
:
A banning is the removal of those materials.
C
ensorship
:
occurs
when
the “power of the state” removes
material from open access. Almost always the motive for challenging or banning a book is cited as protection of childhood innocence or common decency, of law and order, the "one true faith," or a nation's security. But unlike the parent who monitors a child's reading, the censor seeks, through the public forum, to protect all "children," whether or not protection is warranted.Slide4
Censor
vs. Librarian
LIBRARIANS ARE GUIDED BYFirst Amendment to the ConstitutionLibrary Bill of RightsInformation Literacy StandardsConcept of Intellectual Freedom: Individual’s right to seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction
Challengers are guided by
A sincere desire (often) to protect children or improve society
Belief certain materials are offensive ;
Worry that certain ideas will corrupt young minds;
Anxiety to distinguish what is right and moral from what is wrong and immoral.
What does the Supreme Court allow to be censored?Slide5
Institution being challenged
2000-2005
Challenges by YearSlide6
Challenges by type
2000-2005
http://www.pabbis.com/Slide7
The 10 most challenged books of 2007 reflect a range of themes, and are:
And Tango Makes Three,
by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group The Chocolate War,
by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence
Olive’s Ocean,
by Kevin
Henkes
Reasons: Sexually Explicit and Offensive Language
The Golden Compass,
by Philip Pullman
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
by Mark Twain
Reasons: Racism
The Color Purple,
by Alice Walker
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language,
TTYL,
by Lauren
Myracle
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
by Maya Angelou
Reasons: Sexually Explicit
It’s Perfectly Normal,
by
Robie
Harris
Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit
The Perks of Being A Wallflower,
by Stephen
Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
Off the list this year are two books by author Toni Morrison.
The Bluest Eye
and
Beloved,
both challenged for sexual content and offensive language.Slide8
Most Challenged Books of 21st Century (2000-2005)
1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
2. "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor4. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck5. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou6. "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers7. "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris
8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
9. Captain Underpants series by
Dav
Pilkey
10. "Forever" by Judy BlumeSlide9
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