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Why was Joy Luck Club banned?
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For the life of me, I can't figure it out. Can anyone enlighten me? Is it because it's not about white people?:-)
When it was assigned at a Wisconsin high school, some parents objected that it was sexually explicit and "conflicted with the values of the community". Whatever that means....
Sounds like the same kind of problem that the filming of Brick Lane ran into:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/article...
I wonder if those Wisconsin parents would object to Catcher in the Rye- you know, since Holden brings a hooker in his room and everything. And curses so goddamn much.
I don't think so.Seems like they'd be all about that one.
(He does read the Bible to the hooker, right? And she converts to JEEZUSism and gives up her sinful ways? Goes out to raise money for Jerry Falwell?)
No way. "Concerned parents" aren't as pragmatic as you assume. :)They hate the book, and only because it's full of bad words. They don't even need to know what it's about.
I suspect this is also the reason why a lot of other people like the book. I certainly didn't get anything else out of it.
Don't mention the names Jesus and Jerry Falwell in conjunction with each other. Those two have nothing in common.
Catcher in the Rye has been banned multiple times for various reasons, one of which being the sexuality within, also the language. In fact, the ALA website has it listed as number 13 on the list of books most frequently challenged. This is an interesting book to read, especially since I've found many of my favorite books among the top numbers.
Heh. The school where i teach just adopted The Joy Luck Club for our senior English course. Now I'm REALLY looking forward to teaching it... :)
