| Description |
ix, 209 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Romeo and Juliet were just good friends -- Power struggle -- A clash of symbols -- Judgment day -- This message will repeat itself -- A monkey's uncle -- Theme and variations -- The customer is always right -- Market force -- Into the 1990s. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-200) and index. |
| Summary |
Efforts to censor elementary and high school textbooks have proliferated in the past decade. Most challenges have come from ultraconservative activists who oppose evolution, racial and ethnic equality, nontraditional gender roles, pacifism, and a host of other issues that contradict their religious, political, or social views. Other protests originate with ultraliberal activists whose goal is to eliminate all negative or traditional descriptions of racial, ethnic, religious, or gender groups, without regard for accuracy or historical context. DelFattore focuses on recent federal lawsuits involving attempts to censor or ban biology, geology, history, home economics, literature, psychology, reading, and social studies textbooks. She vividly re-creates the story behind each lawsuit, describing how politically sophisticated national organizations turn local controversies into nationally publicized court cases. She also discusses how both ultraliberal and ultraconservative groups in Texas and California pressure their state Boards of Education to demand that sections of textbooks be eliminated or rewritten as a condition of selling the books in those states. |
| Subject |
Textbooks -- Censorship -- United States -- Case studies.
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Censorship -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Books Censorship |
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United States |
| ISBN |
0300057091 |
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9780300057096 |
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0300060505 paperback |
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9780300060508 paperback |
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