Cancel culture, canon wars, new culture wars - the media debate about which texts are still “allowed” to be read with children is not only unsettling parents. Literature houses and theaters, universities, publishers and education ministries are also looking for adequate answers to the ongoing questioning of the literary canon. This volume takes a differentiated look at the controversy surrounding the issue of culling and expands the debate to include perspectives on literature and media didactics. Among other things, it looks at pop-cultural media phenomena such as TKKG, film adaptations of Jim Knopf and modern classics such as Tschick. It also looks at the ways in which children and young people use these aesthetic media. From a cultural studies perspective, the authors argue that texts should not be excluded. Instead, they formulate framework conditions and didactic models for literature and media lessons that use (marginalized) canonized literature to address topics such as racism, diversity and questions of inclusion.

This book is included in DOAB.