On Reading and Sharing Banned Books

[...]the ongoing censorship of books reinforces the need for us to explore theories of reader response (e.g., Brooks & Browne, 2012; Rosenblatt, 1995) that speak to how individualized reading is and how our responses are constructed, in part, by the communities and cultures within which we live....

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of children's literature 2013-10, Vol.39 (2), p.78
1. Verfasser: Graff, Jennifer M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:[...]the ongoing censorship of books reinforces the need for us to explore theories of reader response (e.g., Brooks & Browne, 2012; Rosenblatt, 1995) that speak to how individualized reading is and how our responses are constructed, in part, by the communities and cultures within which we live. Additionally, in some school districts, teachers must propose what books they wish to house in their classroom to a book adoption committee to gain approval. [...]teachers' levels of autonomy regarding book selections for both the curriculum and classroom libraries may vary.
ISSN:1521-7779