Collective Memories of the Second World War in History Textbooks from China, Japan and South Korea

Autor/inn/en	Suh, Yonghee; Yurita, Makito; Lin, Lin; Metzger, Scott
Titel	Collective Memories of the Second World War in History Textbooks from China, Japan and South Korea
Quelle	In: Journal of International Social Studies, 3 (2013) 1, S.34-60 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2327-3585
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; War; History Instruction; Textbook Content; Textbook Evaluation; Textbook Standards; Secondary School Curriculum; Grounded Theory; Role of Education; Comparative Education; Curriculum Research; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Memory; Victims; Nationalism; Narration; World History; South Korea; Japan; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Krieg; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Lehrbuchtext; Schulbuchempfehlungen; Bildungsauftrag; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Curriculum; Research; Curriculumreform; Lehrplan; Forschung; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Gedächtnis; Victim; Opfer; Nationalismus; Weltgeschichte; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Informed by recurring international controversies, this study explores representations of the Second World War as official history in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean secondary-level textbooks and theorizes about how they influence and function as collective memories about this time period. Using grounded theory, it finds that the examined Japanese textbooks tend to present the Second World War in chronological order with a passive voice and avoid discussing why the war occurred and how it ended. The examined Chinese textbooks develop narratives in chronological order as well, but thematic units are structured to highlight the coalition of Mao's Communist Party and Chang Kai-Shek's Nationalists as the decisive factor in the victory against Japanese imperialists contributing to the worldwide fight against fascism. The examined Korean textbooks tend toward a single, patriotic perspective of a people that overcame Japanese colonialism and developed as an independent nation, often ignoring issues that complicated the relationship between the two nations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01