Cat in a Spat: Scrapping Dr Seuss Books is Not Cancel Culture
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Cantrell, Kate and Bickle, Sharon. 2021. "Cat in a Spat: Scrapping Dr Seuss Books is Not Cancel Culture." The Conversation. 4 March 2021, pp. 1-6.
| Article Title | Cat in a Spat: Scrapping Dr Seuss Books is Not Cancel Culture |
|---|---|
| Article Category | Blog |
| Authors | Cantrell, Kate (Author) and Bickle, Sharon (Author) |
| Publication Title | The Conversation |
| Journal Citation | 4 March 2021, pp. 1-6 |
| Number of Pages | 6 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Place of Publication | Carlton, Vic, Australia |
| Web Address (URL) | https://theconversation.com/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378 |
| Abstract | Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to 'cancel' children’s author Dr Seuss. As Philip Bump wrote yesterday in The Washington Post, 'No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, himself, is dead for one thing, which is about as cancelled as a person can get.' Laying aside a multimillion-dollar publishing business, tattered copies of Dr Seuss books clutter children’s bedrooms around the globe. Parents still grapple nightly with the tongue-twisters of Fox in Socks, Horton Hears a Who! or Hop on Pop, and try their best to keep their eyes open through a 20th reading of Green Eggs and Ham. However, on Tuesday (what would have been Dr Seuss’s 117th birthday), the company that protects the late author’s legacy announced its plan to halt publishing and licensing six (out of more than 60) Dr Seuss books. |
| Keywords | Dr Seuss; Cat in a Hat; children's literature; children's fiction; cancel culture; book censorship |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470506. Children's literature |
| 360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
| Open access url | https://theconversation.com/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378 |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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