The polarization of literary censorship in the U.S.

ABSTRACT: Literary censorship is not new, but the recent resurgence in the U.S. differs from earlier post-war controversies, many of which were bipartisan and focused on protecting children from exposure to sexual and graphic material. Current censorship controversies in the U.S. appear to be much more partisan and ideological, focused on protecting children from politically offensive ideas. Anecdotally, the political right is portrayed as attacking literature in the name of conservative values like preserving the traditional family from alternative expressions of sexuality and sexual preference, with the left targeting material regarded as contrary to progressive values like tolerance of diverse cultural identities. However, these ideological rationales largely reflect the rhetoric of political act

SUBMITTER: Szetela A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456764 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature