At 09:26 AM 2/4/2004, you wrote:
>Hello,
> I wanted to send out a cautionary note regarding weeding
> your =
>collection of all "sexist, racist, inaccurate" or outdated materials. =
>At a certain point, these may become primary resources. I once had a =
>book on marraige from the 1950's. I thought that I kept it, but I don't =
>see it on the shelf anymore. It was a superb source of showing what was =
>expected of women in that era. If you have a great number of item of =
>this type, you might need to establish a separate category of some sort. =
> Any thoughts on this subject?
I agree. The other cavaet is that some works have not been updated
("Negro-American Slave Revolts" springs to mind) and without them there
would be a lack of information. It's a good "teachable moment". I always
tell my students to look at the copyright date if the language seems odd,
it could be that the book was written at a time when that terminology was
what was used.
One book I use to illustrate the way things change is Snyder's "The Egypt
Game". In the book I recently pulled from the shelves, a character is
described as being "colored". In the more recent version, she's
"African-American".
Laura Pearle
Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
Professional Children's School
lpearle@pcs-nyc.org
"There are three types of people: the "glass half full" group, the "glass
half empty" group, and the group looking for someone to blame for spilling
the glass in the first place." - Cleveland Amory
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