Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of books also known as challenges occur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries. Previous research on censorship tends to focus on legal frameworks centered on Supreme Court cases, historical case...
Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of books also known as challenges occur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning i...
With -triggered- as Google's most searched word of 2016, trigger warnings have become a prevalent yet controversial concept in American higher education and society. As the debate over the value and place of triggering material continues, Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context provides both historical context and theoretical analysis to use of trigger and content warnings in academia. This important edited volume looks at the history and theories of trigger warnings, the ethics of using them, and presents case studies from instructors and students describing instances when trigger...
With -triggered- as Google's most searched word of 2016, trigger warnings have become a prevalent yet controversial concept in American higher educati...
This edited volume looks at the history and theories of trigger warnings, the ethics of use, and presents case studies from instructors and students describing instances when trigger warnings were and were not used. By exploring the issue through scholarly lenses and examples, Trigger Warnings provides rigorous analysis of the controversy.
This edited volume looks at the history and theories of trigger warnings, the ethics of use, and presents case studies from instructors and students d...
