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Please join us for an event which forms part of Banned Books Week, organised by Index on Censorship. This is a hugely important focus on censorship and the denial of freedom of expression through the banning of books. The event includes the co-authors of a new book – Censored – in conversation with deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine, Jemimah Steinfeld.
A provocative history of literary censorship uncovers the limits of free speech in the UK and the USA.
When Henry Vizetelly was imprisoned in 1889 for publishing the novels of Émile Zola in English, the problem was not just Zola’s French candour about sex – it was that Vizetelly’s books were cheap, and ordinary people could read them. Censored exposes the role that power plays in censorship.
In twenty-five chapters focusing on a wide range of texts, including the Bible, slave narratives, modernist classics, comic books, and Chicana/o literature, Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis chart the forces that have driven censorship for over six hundred years, from fears of civil unrest and corruptible youth to the oppression of various groups – religious and political dissidents, same-sex lovers, the working class, immigrants, women, racialized people, and those who have been incarcerated or enslaved. The authors also consider the weight of speech, and when restraints might be justified. Rich with illustrations that bring to life the personalities and the books that feature in its stories, Censored takes readers behind the scenes into courtroom battles, legislative debates, public campaigns, and private exchanges that have shaped the course of literature.
A vital reminder that the freedom of speech has always been fragile and never enjoyed equally by all, Censored offers lessons from the past to guard against threats to literature in a new political era.
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As the Norwich’s only truly independent new bookshop, The Book Hive stocks a personally chosen and intriguing selection of titles.
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Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control
By Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”88892″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Jemimah Steinfeld is the deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
When: Wednesday 27 September, 7-8:30pm
Where: The Book Hive, 53 London St, Norwich NR2 1HL
Tickets: Free. More details.
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