In honor of Banned Books week, I'm passing along this link from Sociological Images to a mashup of Google Maps and reported complaints about books: Book Bans and Challenges 2007-2009.
You can see little balloons for all the reported challenges in the U.S. Hover over a point to read the details, and how the case turned out.
See what's up with books bans in your neck of the woods! You'll notice that there's not a lot going on with book challenges in the west and the middle of the country there.
Is this because people in these states respect all forms of literature? Because libraries don't bother to order books they think will be challenged? Because challenges aren't reported?
These questions are not answered by this site, but are nevertheless interesting to ponder. You go first.
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1 comment:
why do I not find it hard to believe that my county library is on "the map" - because this is St. Louis, a potential hotbed of conservatism
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