History Textbook Writing in a Post-Totalitarian and Authoritarian Context: The Case of Belarus

Autor/in	Zadora, Anna
Titel	History Textbook Writing in a Post-Totalitarian and Authoritarian Context: The Case of Belarus
Quelle	In: Education and Society, 31 (2013) 3, S.5-22 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0726-2655
DOI	10.7459/es/31.3.02
Schlagwörter	History; Textbooks; Foreign Countries; Authoritarianism; Historiography; History Instruction; Historical Interpretation; Belarus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Ausland; Autoritarismus; Geschichtsschreibung; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Historische Interpretation
Abstract	This paper analyses school history writing in a specific context: Belarus--a post-totalitarian and authoritarian state. School history teaching has always been a powerful instrument for transmitting national identity and legitimising political structures, and political authorities tend to control it. Perestroika marked the beginning of a new period in Belarusian history writing. New school textbooks were published affirming an independent national Belarusian history. From the mid-1990s, however, a return to a Soviet interpretation of Belarusian history occurred, and school history writing was subjected to strict control by the state. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01