{"product_id":"book-banning-in-21st-century-america-9781538195062","title":"Book Banning in 21st-Century America","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith book banning increasing around America, this book breaks down how and why contemporary reading practices can lead to censorship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRequests for the redaction, removal, relocation, and restriction of books - also known as challenges - have markedly increased in the 2020s. \u003ci\u003eBook Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries\u003c\/i\u003e examines 25 contemporary cases of book challenges in schools and public libraries across the United States, demonstrating the significance of contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, in understanding why some attempt to censor books in public institutions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What does it mean to read a text? How do readers construct their own ideas about what constitutes \"appropriate\" reading materials? This book focuses on the why of censorship and posits that many censorship behaviors and practices, such as challenging books and targeting public libraries and schools, are intimately tied to the challenger's understanding of the practice of reading and its effects on character development and behavior. It discusses reading as an evolving social practice that encompasses different physical modalities and interpretive strategies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Knox \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics and policy, and the intersection of print culture and reading practices. She is also a member of the Mapping Information Access research team. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer book, \u003ci\u003eBook Banning in 21st Century America\u003c\/i\u003e (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2015) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars' Series. Her most recent book \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Intellectual Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Prize for best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. Emily's articles have been published in the Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, and Open Information Science. Emily serves on the board of National Coalition Against Censorship and is the editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038850773266,"sku":"9781538195062","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dace5777-70a4-4a4f-b78f-8e485522e5b7.jpg?v=1771336742","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/book-banning-in-21st-century-america-9781538195062","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}