The US is seeing more campaigns to ‘protect’ children by barring controversial books. But research shows children’s reading experiences are complex and unpredictable, explains a literature professor.
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A scholar compares the debates over banning books in school today to a similar clash of ideas that took place during the Reagan era.
There’s a long history of books being banned from public and school libraries.
The young adult novel “Eleanor & Park” is a frequent target for book challengers. But swears and sex aside, there’s something deeply subversive – and important – about this controversial book.
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Associate Professor of English & Women's and Gender Studies, Drake University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Baker Endowed Chair and Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
