‘Maus’, referent of the Holocaust, number 1 on sale has been voted on by an EEUU college

Nothing like a censorship, a ban or a controversy to increase the popularity of the subject / object encountered. This is related to ‘Maus’, the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman account the Nazi persecution against his family and the horror lived by his father on the extermination camp of Auschwitz. Indisputable reference to the memory of the Holocaust y first comic to win a Pulitzer (in 1992), his reading was eliminated from a college of a Tennessee county, was a Republican majority and named the United States ‘United States’ City Library, alleging “its use of blasphemy and deportation and its representation of violence and suicide “. The effect was the opposite: at the moment of closing this article, the complete history of ‘Maus’ disappears until number 1 en book sales on Amazon in United States and other three editions figuraban among the first 20.

Last week’s finals, when it was announced that the board of directors of McMinn’s board voted unanimously (10 to 0) in favor of eliminate ‘Maus’ from the study plan For students aged 13 and 14, members of the community will volunteer to share the funny comic including from Twitter facilitates the free book for those young people who want to read various libraries as well as their reading.

Suicide and suicide

The school junta, informs the agency France Presse, considers the content of ‘Maus’ “vulgar and inappropriate”. Following the acts of the celebratory reunion on the 10th of January, when it was not transcended and was published by the ‘Washington Post’, one of its members, Lee Parkison, argued that “there is a language that is disgusting and unpleasant in this book”, in concrete terms “ocho vulgar words, and an image of a woman desnuda “.

Spiegelman’s proposition is set to explain, on state television, that the uniqueness of the book is “a diminished image” that must be shown in his mother’s as soon as he is able to recite the “habiéndose cortado las venas en la banner”.

Other members of the junta, in addition to the vulgarity, the preoccupation References to premarital sex, suicide and violence in general. “Show people being listened to, people giving birth to children. What is the educational system that promotes this type of thing? It’s not intelligent or salutable “, said one of them, Tony Allman, admitting that the Holocaust was” horrible, brutal and cruel “, but to refer to Spiegelman’s previous cartoons for ‘Playboy’.

“We do not diminish the value of ‘Maus’ as an impactful and significant literary work, we do not question the importance of teaching our lives the historical and moral lessons and realities of the Holocaust”, added the junta, considering that the comic was simply ” demasiado oriented adults for their use “in their schools.

“Miopía chiflada”

The propio Art Spiegelman, 73 years old, interviewed by CNN and NBC cadets, shows his “total confusion” and “desconcierto” ante the action of the schoolboy, that calificó, informs Reuters, of “miopía chiflada” y “orwelliana” y lamentaba que hubieran puesto el foco “en algunas malas palabras”. It should be noted that the transcript of McMinn’s meeting did not contain any “indications” of anti-Semitic motives, but added that the prohibition “has a aire de autocracia y fascismo “. Al leer ‘Maus’, apuntaba, muchos jóvenes le han transmitted that habían “aprendido cosas valiosas” about the Holocaust. “Tennessee is, obviously, a very local place. And it’s just going to be able to qualify for dementia.”

The member of the junta joins John Cochran, according to the deeds, which discusses parts of the book, but he lamented a passage in which the father had with his heart about the loss of virginity. About the scene of the death of the mother apuntaba: “No force was explained, but it was here.

Reactions in speeches

In the speeches, ‘Maus”s defense multiplied. Neil Gaiman, popular author of ‘Sandman’, tuiteaba: “Solo hay un tipo des personas votarían para prohibir ‘Maus’, como sea que se llamen a sí mismos en estos días”. El EEUU Holocaust Museum praise the work by its “vital paper” in Holocaust education on “sharing personal experiences and details of victims and survivors”.

There’s only one kind of people who would vote to ban Maus, whatever they are calling themselves these days. https://t.co/fs1Jl62Qd8

– Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) January 26, 2022

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And in favor of the unanimity of the vote, a professor of history, Julie Goodin, defended at the meeting of the junta: “There was nothing good about the Holocaust, and for me it was an excellent way to represent a horrible moment in history” .