| Censorship |
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| By media |
| Banned books · Banned films Re-edited film · Internet · Music Press · Radio · Thought Speech and expression Video games |
| Methods |
| Book burning · Book challenging Bleeping · Broadcast delay Chilling effect Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Euphemism · Expurgation Gag order · Heckling · Memory hole Pixelization · Postal Prior restraint · Revisionism Self-censorship · Speech code Whitewashing · Verbal offence Strategic lawsuit |
| Contexts |
| Corporate · Political · Religious Ideological · Criminal speech Hate speech · Media bias Suppression of dissent |
| By country |
| Censorship · Freedom of speech |
This list of most-commonly challenged books in the United States does not list every book that has been challenged in the United States, but just some of the books most-commonly challenged from 1990 to 1999.[1]
In the United States, many books have been challenged by a variety of groups and agencies in order to prevent a particular work from being read by the general public. In recent years, it has become more common for those challenging the availability of a book to do so on a local level, targeting public libraries and school libraries. In fact, many communities have a formal process by which a citizen can challenge the public availability of a work. That a book's availability has been challenged does not automatically indicate that it has been removed from library shelves in even one community.
List
References
- ^ "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2009". American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
External links
- The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 (retrieved September 28, 2009).
- Radcliffe Publishing Course: the century's top 100 novels (retrieved October 17, 2008).
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