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Latest revision as of 21:00, 31 March 2014
Artist: John Steinbeck
Year: 1952
Date of Action: 1982
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Religion
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Anniston, Alabama High School Libraries
Description of Artwork: East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. East of Eden tells the story of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories.
The Incident: The book was considered "ungodly and obscene", and removed from Anniston, Alabama, high school libraries, 1982;
Results of Incident: The book was later reinstated on a restricted basis. Schools in Greenville, South Carolina faced a similar challenge to the book in 1991.
Source:
• http://bannedbooks.world.edu/tag/banned-book/
