Sonstiges:
Vortrag & Workshop: „Banned Books in Conversation: Gender Queer“
(Gesellschaftszimmer UG)
„Aline Franzus will lead a conversation about Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer (2019), a graphic novel about the author’s own exploration of gender identity and sexuality from adolescence to adulthood. Gender Queer is one of the most frequently banned books of recent years. First published in 2019 and initially marketed toward older teens and adults, Gender Queer originally received a fairly small print run. Perhaps ironically, calls to censor and restricted access to the book triumphantly moved Kobabe’s memoir from the margins of the publishing landscape to a mainstream commercial success. While the reasons for Gender Queer’s success story bear the opposites of a triumph, it does paint a remarkable narrative of the paradoxical mechanisms of contemporary book censorship. In response to the steep increase in book banning and attempted book challenges in the USA and beyond, the University of Münster’s Chairs for Book Studies and American Studies have co-founded “Banned Books Network Münster” (BBNM). Our purpose is to raise awareness of the increase in book banning, to create spaces for engagement with banned books, and to discuss the wider repercussions of these bans. Our events are inclusive in nature, and we hope to engage students, teachers, colleagues, and the wider reading public with our initiative.“
Veranstaltet von: Banned Books Network Münster
Kontakt: bannedbooksnetwork@uni-muenster.de
www.uni-muenster.de/Anglistik/bookstudies/BannedBooks.html
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