1. Counterstories as Resistance to Book Bans.
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Krutka, Kim Reichenbach
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BANNED books , *LIBRARY education , *LIBRARIANS , *IDEOLOGY , *BANNERS - Abstract
Those working to ban books promote a dominant narrative claiming books are harmful, book banners are protecting children, and they have a right to determine appropriateness for everyone. This narrative supports an exclusionary and oppressive library ideology. It privileges the knowledge and experience of certain identities, including white, straight, cis, nondisabled, and English-speaking individuals and communities. Operating as counterstories, the articles and speeches of four authors disrupt this dominant narrative and provide greater understanding of a liberatory library ideology. This ideology actively refuses to other, exclude, or oppress identities and lived experiences of students. Counterstory literature from the communications field, critical scholars, and education and library scholars serve as a foundation in this analysis. The words of Ruby Bridges, George M. Johnson, Adib Khorram, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall function as double counterstories, strengthening the work of librarians to resist book banning, disrupt oppressive practices, and fulfill a more liberatory library ideology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2025
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