Location: DAZ, Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart Language: English Registration: Please register via anmeldung@daz.org Admission: Free
What makes a book “dangerous”? From challenges in schools and libraries to heated debates about sexuality, race, and identity, literature has been censored and contested for centuries in many countries.
This lecture examines recently banned and challenged books in the United States, with a special focus on children’s and Young Adult literature. Dr. Jennifer Gouck, Woman in Research Fellow at the University of Münster, discusses the role of the First Amendment and what these debates reveal about freedom, control, and the enduring power of literature to provoke thought and inspire change.
Please note:The venue and admission price have changed. The event will now take place at the DAZ, admission is free.
is a Women in Research (WiRe) Fellow. Her research focuses on representations of girlhood in contemporary American Young Adult literature, media, and culture, and she is also interested in censorship and the rise of book banning in the United States. Her project, “Exploring The ‘Abortion Road Trip’ in American Young Adult Fiction” investigates literary and cultural representations of teen pregnancy and abortion in contemporary American Young Adult (YA) texts, situating these representations within the rapidly changing, unstable, and increasingly conservative sociopolitical environment in America.
