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|description_of_content="Persepolis" is a autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. It tells the tale of Satrapi's coming of age in revolution-era Iran. | |description_of_content="Persepolis" is a autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. It tells the tale of Satrapi's coming of age in revolution-era Iran. | ||
|description_of_incident=Unknown Chicago Public School officials declared the graphic novel unfit for middle and high school curricula. They have banned the book from reading lists and ask that teachers wishing to assign the text take a supplementary course on teaching "sensitive materials". | |description_of_incident=Unknown Chicago Public School officials declared the graphic novel unfit for middle and high school curricula. They have banned the book from reading lists and ask that teachers wishing to assign the text take a supplementary course on teaching "sensitive materials". | ||
|description_of_result=The book was removed. | |||
|image=Persepolis-post-1.jpg | |image=Persepolis-post-1.jpg | ||
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Revision as of 21:16, 25 October 2013
Artist: Marjane Satrapi
Year: 2013
Date of Action: March, 26 2013
Region: North America
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Subject: Violence
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Chicago Public School Officials
Description of Artwork: "Persepolis" is a autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. It tells the tale of Satrapi's coming of age in revolution-era Iran.
The Incident: Unknown Chicago Public School officials declared the graphic novel unfit for middle and high school curricula. They have banned the book from reading lists and ask that teachers wishing to assign the text take a supplementary course on teaching "sensitive materials".
Results of Incident: The book was removed.
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