lista: förbjudna böcker
Två av mina senaste inlägg handlar om bokbränning - men bokbränning som dystopi. Förbjudna eller ifrågasatta böcker är inte en dystopi, utan verklighet. ALA (American Library Association) har dragit igång en kampanj om detta och en av deras slogan är "läs en förbjuden bok!" Ingen av böckerna på listan nedan ligger just ni på min läslista (och det är många, många böcker här som jag aldrig hört talas om!) men jag kan i alla fall sprida listan...
Fetstil för böcker man läst,
kursiv för de man vill läsa,överstruken de man inte vill komma i närheten av,
+ markerar de böcker man har i bokhyllan,
* för de böcker man aldrig hört talas om.
- *Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
- *Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
- *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- *The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
- *Forever by Judy Blume
- *Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- *Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- *Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
- *My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- *The Giver by Lois Lowry
- *It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- *Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
- *A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Sex by Madonna
- Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
- *The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- *A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- *Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- *In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- *The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- *The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
- *Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
- *The Goats by Brock Cole
- *Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
- *Blubber by Judy Blume
- *Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
- *Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
- *We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
- *Final Exit by Derek Humphry
- +The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- *Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- *What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
- +To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- +Beloved by Toni Morrison
- +The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- *The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- *Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
- *Deenie by Judy Blume
- *Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- *Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
- *The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
- *Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
- *A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- +Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- *Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- *Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
- Cujo by Stephen King
- *James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- *The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
- *Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- *Ordinary People by Judith Guest
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- *What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
- *Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- *Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
- *Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
- *Fade by Robert Cormier
- *Guess What? by Mem Fox
- +The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
- *The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- *Native Son by Richard Wright
- *Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
- *Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
- *Jack by A.M. Homes
- *Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- *Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
- +Carrie by Stephen King
- *Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
- *On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- *Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
- *Family Secrets by Norma Klein
- *Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
- +The Dead Zone by Stephen King
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- *Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
- *Private Parts by Howard Stern
- +Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
- *Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
- *Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
- *Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- *Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
- *Sex Education by Jenny Davis
- *The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
- *Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- *How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- *View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
- *The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- *The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
- *Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Det är lätt att göra sig löjlig över en del av böckerna på listan. Jag börjar fundera på varför "man" valt att reagera så starkt mot dessa böcker att man vill förbjuda dem? Jag hittar också en del av mina favoriter och läsupplevelser på listan - the outsiders är en jättefavorit och likaså a brave new world. Man kan också fundera på det symboliska i att inte Fahrenheit 451 är med...
Hejsan!
Jag hänger inte med. Vad har jag nu missat så totalt. Varför finns det en lista med förbjudna böcker? Eller vad är det? Finns det sånt i Sverige? Töntigt i såfall.
Med jämna mellanrum är det någon grupp som bannlyser en bok. Diskussionen har varit het bla kring Harry Potter. Men som du mycket riktigt skriver, det här är inte Sverige utan USA...