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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Artist
- Johnson, Claudia
- Book Title
- Stifled Laughter: One Woman's Story About Fighting Censorship
- ISBN
- 9781682753491
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN-10
1682753492
ISBN-13
9781682753491
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19057262017
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
212 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Stifled Laughter : One Woman's Story about Fighting Censorship
Subject
Topic / Politics, General, Censorship, Arts in Education
Publication Year
2023
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Education, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-037044
Reviews
"In 1986 school officials in Lake City, a town in north Florida, banned a state-approved high school textbook because it included Aristophanes's sexually frank Lysistrata and Chaucer's bawdy 'The Miller's Tale.' Johnson, a playwright and graudate student, decided to fight back, and her lively story captures the claustrophobic know-nothing spirit of the book burners. Though the students themselves were critical of the banning and Lake City was ridiculed by editorialists, the directive was upheld by a federal judge in 1988 and by an appeals court the next year. Johnson and her allies, advised by lawyers fearful of the Supreme Court's new conservative majority, did not further pursue the case. However, she joined a successful fight against an attempt to ban Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in another rural Florida town. Johnson's description of the toll her crusade took on her marriage might have been trimmed, but would-be activists will learn from her story that fights are stressful." -- Publisher's Weekly, "The Florida book-banning battles have made Ms. Johnson a heroine of the anti-censorship movement...While her story offers a vivid lesson on the politics of censorship, the real appeal of Stifled Laughter is the joyful spirit with which she recounts the quotidian progress of her personal campaign against book banning." -- The New York Times Book Review, "During 1986 in the small town of Lake City, Florida, textbooks used in the high school humanities class were confiscated and locked up by order of the school board. Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' and Aristophanes' Lysistrata, included in the textbook, were found to be offensive due to 'sexual explicitness.' Johnson, then a Ph.D. student in English literature at Florida State University and a resident of Lake City, vigorously opposed the banning of these works as well as the moral dictatorship of the administrators. She writes of the legal as well as personal trials she endured in her struggle to preserve the right of free speech in her community. Her court battles were unsuccessful, yet the experience of her five-year ordeal is edifying. Recommended for general collections." -- Library Journal , Eloise R. Hitchcock, Tennessee Techno- logical Univ. Lib., Cookevill, "As the battle over censorship and book banning rages on, Claudia Johnson helps us understand why it's more important than ever to keep books on the shelves. Told with passion, humor, and an enduring love of literature, this is a must read for all book lovers." - Judy Blume Witty, funny, and light on its feet as it is important. Distinguish your day and buy this book. - Charles Gaines, finalist for National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books "The republication of Claudia Johnson's beautifully written memoir of her fight against book banning in two Florida towns in the 1980s and 1990s couldn't be more timely. It occurred during a period of intense censorship activity in schools and libraries across the country. There are differences between that struggle and the serious challenge to the freedom to read we face today. But one thing remains the same--the critical importance of the brave individuals like Johnson who stand up to the censors." - Chris Finan, Executive Director of National Coalition Against Censorship "Claudia Johnson demonstrates in lively fashion how censorship is deeply undemocratic and dangerous. That banning books is a threat not only to freedom of choice when it comes to what we read, but how we live, and can be used as a political weapon to marginalize various groups of Americans. Perhaps most important, Johnson makes clear that one simply cannot ban ideas." - Laura Pedersen, bestselling author and James Thurber Award finalist "Painfully relevant in light of recent assaults on young people's right to read, S tifled Laughter brings wisdom, intelligence, and humor to the fight against censorship in schools and beyond." - Ashley Hope Pérez, Author of the award-winning and widely banned novel Out of Darkness (#4 on ALA's most challenged list for 2021, and #3 on the PEN America most-banned list) "Funny, inspiring, and timely, Stifled Laughter is an emotional roller-coaster ride through the classrooms, community meetings, and courthouses that serve as the battleground for censorship. Hooray for Claudia Johnson, she's an American hero!" - Jonathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy "Her memoir, Stifled Laughter, takes you with her, moment by tense moment, on a wild ride through contentious public meetings, nerve-wracking courtroom sessions, and seeing her house burned to the ground. - Ann Medlock, Founder of the Giraffe Heroes Project, Honoring people who stick their necks out for the common good "Claudia Johnson captures it all: the hilarity and horror of public comments about classic literature, the tedium and terror of court processes, the alternating beauty and belligerence of Florida, and the personal toll that too often attends standing up for the right to read." - James LaRue, former head of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, "As the battle over censorship and book banning rages on, Claudia Johnson helps us understand why it's more important than ever to keep books on the shelves. Told with passion, humor, and an enduring love of literature, this is a must read for all book lovers." - Judy Blume Witty, funny, and light on its feet as it is important. Distinguish your day and buy this book. - Charles Gaines, finalist for National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books "The republication of Claudia Johnson's beautifully written memoir of her fight against book banning in two Florida towns in the 1980s and 1990s couldn't be more timely. It occurred during a period of intense censorship activity in schools and libraries across the country. There are differences between that struggle and the serious challenge to the freedom to read we face today. But one thing remains the same--the critical importance of the brave individuals like Johnson who stand up to the censors." - Chris Finan, Executive Director of National Coalition Against Censorship "Claudia Johnson demonstrates in lively fashion how censorship is deeply undemocratic and dangerous. That banning books is a threat not only to freedom of choice when it comes to what we read, but how we live, and can be used as a political weapon to marginalize various groups of Americans. Perhaps most important, Johnson makes clear that one simply cannot ban ideas." - Laura Pedersen, bestselling author and James Thurber Award finalist "Painfully relevant in light of recent assaults on young people's right to read, S tifled Laughter brings wisdom, intelligence, and humor to the fight against censorship in schools and beyond." - Ashley Hope Pérez, Author of the award-winning and widely banned novel Out of Darkness (#4 on ALA's most challenged list for 2021, and #3 on the PEN America most-banned list) "Funny, inspiring, and timely, Stifled Laughter is an emotional roller-coaster ride through the classrooms, community meetings, and courthouses that serve as the battleground for censorship. Hooray for Claudia Johnson, she's an American hero!" Jonathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy "Her memoir, Stifled Laughter, takes you with her, moment by tense moment, on a wild ride through contentious public meetings, nerve-wracking courtroom sessions, and seeing her house burned to the ground. - Ann Medlock, Founder of the Giraffe Heroes Project, Honoring people who stick their necks out for the common good
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
379.1/56
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
ContentsNew Introduction by the Author...........................xiiiPreface to the First Edition.................................... xxiA Note on Methodology..................................... xxviiPrologue.............................................................. xxixOne........................................................................................... 1Two........................................................................................15Three.....................................................................................27Four.......................................................................................37Five.........................................................................................47Six...........................................................................................59Seven.....................................................................................69Eight.....................................................................................83Nine.......................................................................................93Ten....................................................................................... 111Eleven................................................................................ 119Twelve............................................................................... 131Thirteen........................................................................... 143Fourteen.......................................................................... 159Fifteen.............................................................................. 177Discussion Questions............................................183About the Author.................................................185
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize Nominated Winner of the 1993 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award for Claudia Johnson's extraordinary efforts to restore banned literary classics from Florida classrooms. Part memoir, part courtroom drama, and part primer for advocates fighting assaults on free speech, Stifled Laughter is the story of one woman's efforts to restore literary classics to the classrooms of rural north Florida. Updated with a new introduction, Johnson's honest, often hilarious, first-person account of censorship in its modern form provides valuable insight into why the books children read at school remains a controversial issue, and why free speech in America remains a precarious right. Johnson fights tirelessly to keep texts like Lysistrata and "The Millers Tale" in Florida school textbooks regardless of a preacher's efforts to take them out. Readers are given a glimpse into the courtroom and all the drama, passion, and hard work that follows. Johnson's writing is witty, emotional, and humorous, and it makes you want to jump in and fight censorship and book banning right alongside her. For anyone who has ever wondered just how far those who seek to ban books will go in limiting free expression, this book proves once again that the personal is political. At a time when book banning has reached new heights, parents and teachers, writers, and readers will all benefit from Johnson's experience and be touched by her spirit and courage.
LC Classification Number
LB3045.7.J64 2023
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