Censorship of Young Adult Literature
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Read and Rap
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Music, Contemporary, Language and Literature
- Produced By: Governors State University
- Year: 1998
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 57m 55s
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Discusses censorship from diverse viewpoints: authors, students, educators and the community at large. Common bases of censorship such as sex, politics, religion, language, and stereotyping are examined, and the Studio Class debates these issues from both pro-censorship and anti-censorship points of view. A Librarian at the Chicago Public Library gives her opinion, and the author's viewpoint is presented through interviews with Lois Lowry, Judy Blume, Walter Dean Myers, and Paul Zindel.