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====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]====
====Date: [[:Category:2006|2006, 2013|2013]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]====
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[[File:Banerjee1.jpg|left]]
[[File:Funhomecover.jpg|left]]
'''Artist:''' Subhankar Banerjee (b.1967)
'''Artist:''' Alison Bechdel


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Members of the United States Senate; Lawrence M. Small
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Marshall Public Library, Louise Mills; Charleston in South Carolina


'''Dates of Action:''' April 2003
'''Dates of Action:''' October 2006 - March 2007; July 2013


'''Location:''' Washington D.C.
'''Location:''' Marshall, Missouri; Charleston, South Carolina


'''Description of Artwork:'''Banerjee's book, ''Season's of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey by Subhankar Banerjee'', is a collection of his photographs taken on his fourteen month excursion through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. <P>
'''Description of Artwork:'''Alison Bechdel's award-winning and critically acclaimed graphic novel is her memoir of her childhood in central Pennsylvania. It featured content pertaining to sexual orientation, suicide, gender roles, and dysfunctional family life.
[[File:Banerjee2.jpg|right]]


'''The Incident:''' Banerjee's photographs were scheduled to be placed on exhibit in the Smithsonian's main floor rotunda, however, were moved to a lower-level room at the last minute.  In addition, many of Banerjee's captions taken from his book were deleted or shortened. This led to an investigation questioning Smithsonian Secretary, Lawrence M. Small's, motives for moving and editing the exhibit. It has been alleged that Small censored the show and placed it in an obscure location to detract attention from the Arctic Wildlife Refuge at a time when debates were underway in Congress as to whether the refuge should be open for gas and oil drilling.
'''The Incident:''' In Missouri:
The Marshall Public Library had placed Fun Home, as well as Craig Thompson's graphic novel Blankets, on its shelves for their reading public. The board then received a complaint from Louise Mills, who argued that the content was inappropriate for children, and even called some of it "pornographic." [http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1171432.html] After several hearings, the library board voted to withdraw the books from the shelves until a new materials selection policy could be developed.


'''Results of Incident:''' Small maintains that there was no pressure or attempt to advocate drilling in the refuge, however an investigation into this case and whether or not the museum is used to advocate political issues is ongoing. <P>
In South Carolina:  
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home has been challenged once again, this time for its inclusion on a freshman recommended reading list at the College of Charleston (CofC) in Charleston, South Carolina. The conservative religious group opposed to the book has labeled it “pornographic.”


'''Source:''' www.artistsnetwork.org, The New York Times
http://cbldf.org/2013/07/south-carolina-group-challenges-fun-home-as-pornographic/


[[Category:2003]]
'''Results of Incident:''' In Missouri:
After several months, and a letter from the NCAC, the library board voted to restore the two books under a new selection policy.


[[Category:2000s]]
In South Carolina:
There has been no formal challenge. CofC participates in an annual program that selects a book and provides free copies of the book to all incoming students and fulltime faculty. Fun Home was selected as this year’s book, but while students are encouraged to read the book and to participate in a discussion during orientation, they are not required to read it.


[[Category:21st century]]
'''Source:''' http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1172698.html
 
[[Category:North America]]
 
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]
 
[[Category:Photography]]
 
[[Category:Subhankar Banerjee, Lawrence M. Small]]


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Date: 2006, 2013|2013

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Literature

Funhomecover.jpg

Artist: Alison Bechdel

Confronting Bodies: Marshall Public Library, Louise Mills; Charleston in South Carolina

Dates of Action: October 2006 - March 2007; July 2013

Location: Marshall, Missouri; Charleston, South Carolina

Description of Artwork:Alison Bechdel's award-winning and critically acclaimed graphic novel is her memoir of her childhood in central Pennsylvania. It featured content pertaining to sexual orientation, suicide, gender roles, and dysfunctional family life.

The Incident: In Missouri: The Marshall Public Library had placed Fun Home, as well as Craig Thompson's graphic novel Blankets, on its shelves for their reading public. The board then received a complaint from Louise Mills, who argued that the content was inappropriate for children, and even called some of it "pornographic." [1] After several hearings, the library board voted to withdraw the books from the shelves until a new materials selection policy could be developed.

In South Carolina: Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home has been challenged once again, this time for its inclusion on a freshman recommended reading list at the College of Charleston (CofC) in Charleston, South Carolina. The conservative religious group opposed to the book has labeled it “pornographic.”

http://cbldf.org/2013/07/south-carolina-group-challenges-fun-home-as-pornographic/

Results of Incident: In Missouri: After several months, and a letter from the NCAC, the library board voted to restore the two books under a new selection policy.

In South Carolina: There has been no formal challenge. CofC participates in an annual program that selects a book and provides free copies of the book to all incoming students and fulltime faculty. Fun Home was selected as this year’s book, but while students are encouraged to read the book and to participate in a discussion during orientation, they are not required to read it.

Source: http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1172698.html


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