Catalog / Invisible Man
Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
An unnamed Black narrator looks back on his path through institutions, political movements, and power relations. The novel asks what identity, visibility, and belonging cost.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Random House
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0679732764
- ISBN-13
- 9780679732761
- ASIN
- 0679732764
Why was Invisible Man challenged?
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1975. Excerpts were banned in Pennsylvania, and the book was removed from a school reading list in Wisconsin.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Invisible Man banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
Excerpts were banned in Pennsylvania, and the book was removed from a school reading list in Wisconsin.
School censorship incidents documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Invisible Man banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1975. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Invisible Man challenged?
- Excerpts were banned in Pennsylvania, and the book was removed from a school reading list in Wisconsin.
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