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Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times other forms of media, such as gramophone records, CDs and video tapes, have also been ceremoniously burned or shredded. The practice, often carried out publicly, is usually motivated by moral, political or religious objections to the material.
"Burning books and killing scholars" in 212 BC is count ...
Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest.
Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citizens in South Africa, as urged by Mahatma Gandhi
Beatles records, after John Lennon's out-of-context remark that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" (see History of the Beatles).
Bras, during the feminist movement, to symbolically protest the perceived holding back of women under the guise of "support" and "care".
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Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest.
Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citizens in South Africa, as urged by Mahatma Gandhi
Beatles records, after John Lennon's out-of-context remark that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" (see History of the Beatles).
Bras, during the feminist movement, to symbolically protest the perceived holding back of women under the guise of "support" and "care".
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The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in which the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have turned him mad. In a kind of auto de fe, they burn most of them. The comments of the priest express the literary tastes of Cervantes. It is notable that he saves Tirant lo Blanch.
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, the plot of which centers around the practice of book burning. The title explains the alleged temperature ...
The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in whtich the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have turned him mad. In a kind of auto de fe, they burn most of them. The comments of the priest express the literary tastes of Cervantes. It is notable that he saves Tirant lo Blanch.
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, the plot of which centers around the practice of book burning. The title explains the alleged temperature ...
