[bookshare-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:20:57 -0400
Hi all,
Monica, as you say, there are some books that should be tabu for
children. Um, let me digress for just a second to talk about "tabu".
Yes, it means forbidden, but it carries the connotation of being
forbidden to those who are too young, or who are uninitiated. The
easiest way I know to explain "tabu" is that in many religious
communities, premarrital sex is tabu. You need to be blessed,
initiated if you will. The inner sanctum of The Temple was tabu for
the common Jew. Only the priests were allowed to enter.
Therefore, I agree that school libraries may need to keep titles in a
tabu section or behind the circulation desk or something to draw a line
between young children and these books. The books are not bad! They
are not wrong! They are just too grown up for young children. When
children have grown up enough to understand the concepts in these
books, then they should be allowed to read them. <smiling> Remember
all the trouble Harry Potter had trying to get into the book collection
that was locked up? These books were tabu.
Oh, I better quit reading this email. I'm getting too upset!
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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