User talk:Ericclipkaa/Prince & Knight/Bibliography
Below, I've included my annotated bibliography for my proposed edits to the Prince & KnightItalic text' Wikipedia page:
Haack, Daniel, and Stevie Lewis. Prince & Knight. Little Bee Books, 2019. Prince & Knight is a piece of children’s literature which tells the same-sex love story of a prince and knight who work together to protect their kingdom from a dragon, eventually falling in love and marrying. As the base text for my analysis, Prince & Knight allows to make necessary edits to the lead and plot sections, as well as the re-configuration of the page’s content breakdown.
Hauser, Christine. "There’s a Common Thread Tying Together 2019’s ‘Most Challenged’ Books: L.G.B.T.Q. Issues." The New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020 NYT article details the continued and frequent challenges that LGBTQ+ literature received by “parents, legislators and religious leaders” who argue the “developmentally appropriate books” are working to “advance a political agenda or sexualixe children.” The text then dives into individual case studies of the top ten challenged books of 2019, including Prince and Knight. The source can be helpful because it provides me proof of an actual challenge to the book that can be used under the “Reception” section of my article, as well as a platform to further expand my research on specific cases of controversy.
American Library Association. “Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists (2019).” Banned & Challenged Books: Advocacy, Legislation & Issues, 20 Apr. 2020. ALA page includes information on the top ten most challenged books through their Office of Intellectual Freedom. According to the report, Prince & Knight was the fifth most-challenged book of 2019 for featuring, “LGBTQIA+ content… with the potential to cause confusion, curiosity, and gender dysphoria; and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint.” This source is helpful because it indicates the severity to which my selected text has been challenged as well as general reasons for those challenges, again offering information to fill the content gaps discussed in the article evaluation.
Duffy, Nick, et al. “A, You Guessed It, US Pastor Just Said Gay Characters in Children's Books Will Turn You Gay.” PinkNews, 23 Nov. 2019. Website publication takes a deep dive into the Upshur County, West Virginia challenge to Prince & Knight by local religious leaders. The article includes a detailed account of events, including initial challenges with documented quotes and the subsequent responses and outcry by LGBTQ+ and censorship groups. This article is helpful to my project because it provides specific details of the incident and first-hand quotes to go-along, which can be used as supporting evidence in the text of my page edits.
Cowger, Caiden. “Upshur County Library Board Reviewing Controversial Book Promoting Homosexuality to Children.” Mountaineer Journal, 27 Nov. 2019. The following source is a local newspaper article that was published when the story surrounding the challenge to Prince & Knight was still developing. It includes information already detailed in the PinkNews source, but also provides more detailed quotes from local players, with some claims unsubstantiated. This source is helpful because the information that can be drawn from it provides material for my content gap fixes and more direct quotes. As mentioned, be sure to consider how much material is too much for an encyclopedia.
Schmidt, Samantha. “Angry Parents Protest LGBTQ Books in Virginia Classrooms.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 10 Nov. 2019. This Washington Post article provides a general overview, with some commentary on specific points of debate, of a different crisis in the neighboring state of Virginia in Loudoun County. It discusses public outcry after school administrators approved a “diverse classroom libraries” initiative. This source is helpful because it provides another case study of challenges to LGBTQ+ literature to be included in my “Reception” discussion. While the source does not make clear that Prince & Knight was included in the controversy, later research clearly indicates it was (see below).
Van Slooten, Philip. “Loudoun County Schools Debate LGBTQ Books in Classroom Libraries.” Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights, 16 Nov. 2019. Building off the WaPost article, this piece provides more specific details regarding the community incident and confirms that Prince & Knight was one of the most contested books by those opposing the diversity initiative. This source will help because, as mentioned, provides specific details relating to the incident and confirms the subject's connection to it. However, its discussion of local school board meeting notes and local press do prompt further opportunities for research.
Battiston, John. “Supporters, Opponents of Loudoun County Public Schools' Diverse Libraries Come out in Force.” Loudoun Times-Mirror, 25 Oct. 2019. This local newspaper piece details specific events and sentiments expressed at a specific board of education meeting where debate over the diversity initiative was held. Like the previous source, this article will be helpful to the Wikipedia project because it provides a local lense with several options for detailed personal testimony. I also noted that an image from the meeting might be used within the margins of the Wikipedia page to provide some corresponding imagery with the text of the new edits to the page.
Wong, Curtis M. “'Prince & Knight' Puts A Gay-Inclusive Twist On Traditional Fairy Tales.” HuffPost, 17 May 2018. This HuffPost article discusses the GLADD partnership and author’s purpose in writing which is mentioned in the Wikipedia article. I included this source in hopes that the information given would be able to clarify what I perceived to be confusion on the page, as well as sentences that bothered both Dr. Fuisz and I (as she mentioned in her comments in the article evaluation).
Haack, Daniel. “Press.” DanielHaack.com. This is the personal website of the author of Prince & Knight. Under its ‘Press’ section, the author confirms the original publication date of the book (May 1, 2018) as well as a French edition published by Scholastic Canada and Japanese edition published by Oakla Publishing. This information is helpful because it can be used as evidence for international adaptations, despite no information on its reception abroad. Would have to re-structure information during edits.
Rudolph, Dana. “GLAAD and Bonnier Publishing USA Partner to Increase and Elevate LGBTQ Kids' Books.” Mombian, 17 May 2018. This is a book review by the founder of Mombian, one of the largest lesbian-centered blogs in the nation. The review is helpful and can be used for my ‘Style & Genre’ section because it provides commentary on the illustrations of the book and identifies it as a piece of children’s literature.
Ericclipkaa (talk) 03:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)