Literature and the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture, and the Teacher's Dilemma

by Deborah Appleman

Book Overview

Our current "culture wars" have reshaped the politics of secondary literature instruction. Due to a variety of challenges from both the left and the right--to language or subject matter, to potentially triggering content, or to authors who have been canceled--school reading lists are rapidly shrinking. For many teachers, choosing which books to include in their curriculum has become an agonizing task with political, professional, and ethical dimensions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324019182
• ISBN13: 9781324019183
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.5"