{"id":10477,"date":"2011-09-26T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=10477"},"modified":"2011-10-03T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T16:46:14","slug":"%e2%80%9cbanned-books%e2%80%9d-in-the-archives-and-rare-books-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2011\/09\/%e2%80%9cbanned-books%e2%80%9d-in-the-archives-and-rare-books-library\/","title":{"rendered":""Banned Books" in the Archives and Rare Books Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Janice Schulz<\/em><\/p>\n

In observance of Banned Books Week, celebrated this year from September 24 through October 1, 2011, the Archives & Rare Books Library has compiled a list of Rare Book titles<\/a> that have appeared on the American Library Association’s (ALA) most challenged books lists. Each book on our list is presented with an image, challenge incidents, and reasons for challenges.<\/p>\n

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Banned Books Week celebrates each individual\u2019s right to decide what they want to read and to have that material available to them. The first Banned Books Week was observed in 1982 and it is sponsored jointly by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the\u00a0American Library Association, the\u00a0American Society of Journalists and Authors, the\u00a0Association of American Publishers, and the\u00a0National Association of College Stores.<\/p>\n

The most common reason for a challenge is the appearance of sexually explicit material, followed by offensive language, violence, and unsuitability for the age group. Nearly two-thirds of the challenges reported to the ALA have been from parents who object to their child reading a book as part of a school\u2019s curriculum or a book\u2019s placement in a school library. Public library patrons and institutional administrators make up the bulk of the remainder of challengers.<\/p>\n

2010 Most Frequently Challenged Books<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. And Tango Makes Three<\/em>, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson<\/li>\n
  2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/em>, by Sherman Alexie<\/li>\n
  3. Brave New World<\/em>, by Aldous Huxley<\/li>\n
  4. Crank<\/em>, by Ellen Hopkins<\/li>\n
  5. The Hunger Games<\/em>, by Suzanne Collins<\/li>\n
  6. Lush<\/em>, by Natasha Friend<\/li>\n
  7. What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know<\/em>, by Sonya Sones<\/li>\n
  8. Nickel and Dimed<\/em>, by Barbara Ehrenreich<\/li>\n
  9. Revolutionary Voices<\/em>, edited by Amy Sonnie<\/li>\n
  10. Twilight<\/em>, by Stephenie Meyer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Frequently Challenged Author: Judy Blume<\/span><\/p>\n

    Generations of girls have grown up with Judy Blume\u2019s books, yet she consistently ranks at the top of the American Library Association\u2019s (ALA) most frequently challenged authors lists. Five of her books appear on ALA\u2019s lists of 100 most challenged books for both 1990-1999 and 2000-2009: Forever<\/em>, Blubber<\/em>, Deenie<\/em>, Are You There, God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret<\/em>, and Tiger Eyes<\/em>. Blume\u2019s characters deal with real issues of adolescence and the genuine ways that pre-teens deal with this time in their lives, providing the very reasons that most of her books are challenged. Most challenges to Blume\u2019s books cite offensive language, and sexual content.<\/p>\n

    Frequently Challenged Author: Toni Morrison\""Banned<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Ohio-born Toni Morrison has three books on the most 100 challenged list: Beloved<\/em>, The Bluest Eye<\/em>, and Song of Solomon<\/em>. Reasons for the challenges are numerous, including offensive language, sexually explicit, violence, and racism. Morrison\u2019s Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved<\/em>, which is frequently found on high school reading lists, has been challenged many times as unsuited to the age group. Likewise, Song of Solomon<\/em> has been challenged as required reading in schools.<\/p>\n

    \""Banned<\/a>Frequently Challenged Author: John Steinbeck<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most people cannot make it through high school without reading a book by John Steinbeck. His books mostly deal with social and economic issues of the underclasses. \u00a0Of Mice and Men<\/em> has been continuously challenged since at least 1953 for the reasons of offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group,\u00a0and violence. \u00a0Steinbeck\u2019s books are often placed on required reading lists.<\/p>\n

    Most of the books in the Archives & Rare Books Library have appeared on the ALA\u2019s Banned and Challenged Classics list. Ernest Hemingway and D.H. Lawrence tie for the most titles on the list, each with three, and John Steinbeck is next with two titles. ARB owns several books from these authors. The ALA\u2019s website offers most challenged lists<\/a> for the decades 1990-1999 and 2000-2009 and by year and author. \u00a0For more information about Banned Books Week and intellectual freedom, please visit the ALA\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    A bibliography of Banned Books found in UC Libraries is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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