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1 online resource (127 pages) |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Don't shy away from books about tough issues / Jabari Asim -- Teaching the banned books project / Stephen E. Rayburn -- A true war story: addressing the real obscenities / Suzanne Linder -- Creative profanity: strong language in student work / Elizabeth Majerus -- Defending Arnold's spirit: battling a big book challenge in a small town / Amy Collins -- Challenging homophobic and heteronormative language: queering the Merchant of Venice / Stephanie Ann Shelton -- From canon to "pornography" : common core and the backlash against multicultural literature / Loretta Gaffney -- The fine art of defusing an N-bomb: the challenges of navigating racially charged language in the (majority white) African American literature classroom / Matt Mitchell -- Too close to dead: addressing racist language head-on in the African American ELA classroom / Jalisa Bates -- Libraries unfiltered: increase access, grow the whole child / Frances Jacobson Harris and Amy L. Atkinson. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Language arts (Secondary) -- Social aspects.
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Taboo, Linguistic.
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Prohibited books.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Linder, Suzanne, editor.
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Majerus, Elizabeth, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Can I teach that? : negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781475814767 |
| ISBN |
9781475814767 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781475814774 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781475814781 (e-book) |
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