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Forbidden Books in American Public Libraries, 1876-1939: A Study in Cultural Change

Forbidden Books in American Public Libraries, 1876-1939: A Study in Cultural Change

Geller, Evelyn

Hardcover

Series: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science, Book 46

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ISBN10: 0313238081
ISBN13: 9780313238086
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Apr 16 1984
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This study traces the way in which the librarian as the guardian of the freedom to read came to replace the librarian as moral censor. This shift in ideology is traced against a backdrop of major social and literary changes. Within this context, censorship is treated as part of a broader professional ideology of book selection. Geller treats that ideology in terms of three constant dilemmas of choice: populism vs. elitism, neutrality vs. advocacy, and freedom vs. censorship. By exploring the ways in which librarians as public servants have defined their selection policies in terms of the public interest, she sheds new light on the complex historical background and shifting social values that underlie contemporary policy alternatives.

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