{"id":16479,"date":"2026-10-13T09:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=16479"},"modified":"2026-10-13T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:21:53","slug":"joy-luck-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/joy-luck-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2005 \u2013 The Joy Luck Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2005\/author\/\">2005 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2005\/title\/\">2005 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2026\/10\/joyluckclub.jpg\" alt=\"the joy luck club cover\" width=\"304\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1316462\">Held at Marshall (Drinko Library General Collection &#8211;  PS3570.A48 J6 1989)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cabellcounty.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=joy+luck+club&amp;qf=-AUTHOR%09Author%09Giles%2C+Molly%09Giles%2C+Molly+%7C%7C+Gioia%2C+Dana.%09Gioia%2C+Dana.+%7C%7C+Ki%C3%A8%3Fu+Chinh%2C+1939-%09Ki%C3%A8%3Fu+Chinh%2C+1939-+%7C%7C+Literacy+Volunteers+of+New+York+City.%09Literacy+Volunteers+of+New+York+City.+%7C%7C+Lu%2C+Lisa.%09Lu%2C+Lisa.+%7C%7C+McBride%2C+James%09McBride%2C+James+%7C%7C+National+Endowment+for+the+Arts%09National+Endowment+for+the+Arts+%7C%7C+See%2C+Carolyn%09See%2C+Carolyn+%7C%7C+Shields%2C+Charles+J.%09Shields%2C+Charles+J.+%7C%7C+Stone%2C+Dan.%09Stone%2C+Dan.+%7C%7C+T%27chen%2C+John+Kuo+Wei%09T%27chen%2C+John+Kuo+Wei+%7C%7C+Tsai+Chin%2C+1936-%09Tsai+Chin%2C+1936-+%7C%7C+Various+Authors%09Various+Authors+%7C%7C+Wang%2C+Lijun%09Wang%2C+Lijun+%7C%7C+Wang%2C+Wayne%2C+1949-%09Wang%2C+Wayne%2C+1949-&amp;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle\">Held at Cabell County Public Library.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2005<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged at the Arrowhead High School in Merton (WI) as an elective reading list assignment by a parent because the book contains &#8220;sexually explicit and inappropriate material.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>March 24, 2011<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16483,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16479\/revisions\/16483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}