Emily J. M. Knox

Book Banning in 21st-Century America (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With book banning increasing around America, this book breaks down how and why contemporary reading practices can lead to censorship.
Requests for the redaction, removal, relocation, and restriction of books - also known as challenges - have markedly increased in the 2020s. Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries examines 25 contemporary cases of book challenges in schools and public libraries across the United States, demonstrating the significance of contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, in understanding why some attempt to censor books in public institutions.

What does it mean to read a text? How do readers construct their own ideas about what constitutes "appropriate" reading materials? This book focuses on the why of censorship and posits that many censorship behaviors and practices, such as challenging books and targeting public libraries and schools, are intimately tied to the challenger's understanding of the practice of reading and its effects on character development and behavior. It discusses reading as an evolving social practice that encompasses different physical modalities and interpretive strategies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881865696
• Artikelnr.: 76016096

Autorenporträt

Emily J. M. Knox is assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics, information policy, and the intersection of print culture and reading practices. Knox's book Book Banning in 21st-Century America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) was the first book in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Unprecedented
Chapter 2: Power and Knowledge
Chapter 3: Truth, Justice, & An American Library
Chapter 4: Perfect Timing
Chapter 5: A Nation Wars Against Its Own People
Chapter 6: Inappropriate Institutions and Organizations
Chapter 7: Reading Should Edify the Soul
Chapter 8: Fear, Knowledge, and Power
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index
About the Author