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Description
With “triggered” as Google’s most searched word of 2016, trigger warnings have become a prevalent yet controversial concept in American higher education and society. As the debate over the value and place of triggering material continues, Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context provides the historical context and theoretical analysis of the use of trigger and content warnings in academia. This important edited collection examines the history, theories, and ethics of trigger warnings and presents case studies from instructors and students describing instances when trigger warnings were and were not used. By exploring the issue through several scholarly lenses and providing examples of when trigger warnings may or may not be used effectively, Trigger Warnings provides rigorous analysis of the controversy
Table of Contents
Emily J.M. Knox
Part I: History and Theory
Chapter 1. Like Trapdoors: A History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Trigger Warning
Sarah Colbert
Chapter 2. Accessibility on Campus: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Duty to Accommodate, and Trigger Warnings
Holly Taylor
Chapter 3. Contagious Speech: Mediating the Eating Disorder Panic Through Trigger Warnings
Stephanie Grey
Chapter 4. Gender Constructions and Trauma: Trigger Warnings as an Accommodation for Female Students in Higher Education
Jordan Doll
Chapter 5. Walking on the Shards of the Glass Ceiling
Jane Gavin-Hebert
Chapter 6. An “App” for That: The Case Against an 'Equal Access'
Bonnie Washick
Chapter 7. Writing Policy About Trigger Warnings: The Experience of the American Association of University Professors and the American Library Association
Barbara M. Jones
Part II: Case Studies
Chapter 8. Institution-Wide Trigger Warnings: A Case Study of a University's 'Common Reading'
Joe C. Martin & B
Product details
| Published | 23 May 2017 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 298 |
| ISBN | 9781442273719 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Dimensions | 237 x 159 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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All the chapters are worth reading.... The book, as the editor hopes, is indeed fodder for discussion.
New England Archivists Newsletter
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Knox should be commended for compiling such a compelling collection of essays and case studies that really forces the reader to think critically about trigger warnings.
Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy
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A timely and needed interdisciplinary compendium detailing the historical, legal, pedagogical, and practical context of trigger warnings. With arguments and case examples from a variety of vantage points, this edited collection provides a strong foundational basis to understand the promises and pitfalls of trigger warnings.
Elana Newman, professor of psychology, University of Tulsa, and codirector, Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice, University of Tulsa
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Trigger Warnings is a nuanced look at the background and practice of the hot academic intellectual freedom topic of the day. The contributors don't always agree with each other, but they do provide a thoughtful introduction to the concerns, and the classroom reality, of a shift to a more student-centered and consciously inclusive educational style. Strongly recommended for all academic collections.
James LaRue, director, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation
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