Literature and the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture, and the Teacher's Dilemma [Audiobook]
English | October 18, 2022 | ASIN: B0BJ7QBWGH | M4B@128 kbps | 3h 30m | 185 MB
Author: Deborah Appleman | Narrator: Cathi Colas
English | October 18, 2022 | ASIN: B0BJ7QBWGH | M4B@128 kbps | 3h 30m | 185 MB
Author: Deborah Appleman | Narrator: Cathi Colas
Can educators continue to teach troubling but worthwhile texts?
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.