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ERIC Number: EJ603136
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
"Deliverance": The Anatomy of a Challenge.
Mitoraj, Suzanne O.
English Journal, v89 n4 p105-11 Mar 2000
Describes how an English department and a school district responded to a parental challenge to the use of James Dickey's novel "Deliverance" in a senior English class. Offers a 2-month chronology of events, beginning with a letter of complaint to the principal, continuing through responses, meetings, media coverage, and the meeting and vote of the board of education. (SR)
Descriptors: Censorship, English Instruction, High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Moral Issues, Parent Grievances, Parent School Relationship, Politics of Education, Reading Material Selection
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Deliverance
Note: Theme: Reading and Writing Together.