Writers and censorship
Description
Authors Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin know about severe censorship firsthand. In this program, Suanne Kelman, of Ryerson University, opens the subject of censoring in literature using Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Diviners, and the Harry Potter series-all banned at one time or another or under threat of banning-as examples. Expanding on the theme, Rushdie (The Satanic Verses) then talks about fundamentalist Muslim sensibilities, living under a fatwa, and the writer's role in the world, while Nasrin (Lajja) discusses patriarchal oppression of women, her escape from Bangladesh, and life in exile.
Runtime
27 min
Series
Subjects
- Feminist art criticism (31)
- Writing (89)
- Women in art (43)
- Literature (399)
- Women artists (55)
- Composition (Language arts) (155)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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