Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics (book): Difference between revisions
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|description_of_content=The book chronicled the history of Japanese manga, from World War II to the present day. It included a section on hentai, or erotic manga, which included artistic depictions of sexual acts. | |description_of_content=The book chronicled the history of Japanese manga, from World War II to the present day. It included a section on hentai, or erotic manga, which included artistic depictions of sexual acts. | ||
|description_of_incident=13 copies of the book were in place in San Bernardino county when one of them was taken out by Matt Jones, a 16-year-old boy. When Jones told his mother, Cynthia Jones, about the erotic art section of the book, she wrote a letter to the county library system asking that the book be removed. A story was featured about the incident in local newspapers the Desert Dispatch and the Daily Press,[ http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/11448518242935.html] and the next day San Bernardino District Supervisor Bill Postmus ordered that the book be removed from all branches of the county's library system. | |description_of_incident=13 copies of the book were in place in San Bernardino county when one of them was taken out by Matt Jones, a 16-year-old boy. When Jones told his mother, Cynthia Jones, about the erotic art section of the book, she wrote a letter to the county library system asking that the book be removed. A story was featured about the incident in local newspapers the Desert Dispatch and the Daily Press,[http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/11448518242935.html] and the next day San Bernardino District Supervisor Bill Postmus ordered that the book be removed from all branches of the county's library system. | ||
|description_of_result=Barstow College placed copies of the book on display following the incident, in protest against the move. [http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/114657660385310.html] The book is still not available in the San Bernardino libraries, although there is a link on the library's website where it is made available for purchase. | |description_of_result=Barstow College placed copies of the book on display following the incident, in protest against the move. [http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/114657660385310.html] The book is still not available in the San Bernardino libraries, although there is a link on the library's website where it is made available for purchase. | ||
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|source=http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/114493372479133.html | |source=http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/114493372479133.html | ||
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Revision as of 21:52, 25 June 2012
Artist: Paul Gravett
Year: 2006
Date of Action: April 2006
Region: North America
Location: Victorville, California
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: San Bernardino District Supervisor Bill Postmus
Description of Artwork: The book chronicled the history of Japanese manga, from World War II to the present day. It included a section on hentai, or erotic manga, which included artistic depictions of sexual acts.
The Incident: 13 copies of the book were in place in San Bernardino county when one of them was taken out by Matt Jones, a 16-year-old boy. When Jones told his mother, Cynthia Jones, about the erotic art section of the book, she wrote a letter to the county library system asking that the book be removed. A story was featured about the incident in local newspapers the Desert Dispatch and the Daily Press,[1] and the next day San Bernardino District Supervisor Bill Postmus ordered that the book be removed from all branches of the county's library system.
Results of Incident: Barstow College placed copies of the book on display following the incident, in protest against the move. [2] The book is still not available in the San Bernardino libraries, although there is a link on the library's website where it is made available for purchase.
Source:
• http://www.desertdispatch.com/archive/2006/114493372479133.html
