Nationhood and Politicization of History in School Textbooks: Identity, the Curriculum and Educational Media. Edited by Gorana Ognjenović and Jasna Jozelić
This book explores how school history textbooks are used to perpetuate nationalistic policies within divided regions. Exploring the ‘divide and rule’ politics across ex-Yugoslav successor states, the editors and contributors draw upon a wide range of case studies from across the region. Textbooks and other educational media provide the foundations upon which the new generation build understanding about their own context and the events that are creating their present. By promoting nationalistic politics in such media, textbooks themselves can be used as tools to further promote and preserve ongoing hostility between ethnic groups following periods of conflict. This edited collection will appeal to scholars of educational media, history education and post-conflict societies.
Table of contents
Foreword: Sarajevo in the Twentieth Century, or, the Manufacture of European History
Madelain, Anne
Nationhood and the Politicization of History in School Textbooks
Ognjenović, Gorana (et al.)
The Ideologization of History Education and Textbooks in Slovenia (Yugoslavia) During Socialism, 1945–1990
Režek, Mateja
Ideological Changes in the History Textbooks of Montenegro
Knežević, Saša (et al.)
Kosova Under Yugoslavia (1945–1999) in the History Textbooks of Kosova and Serbia
Gashi, Shkëlzen
History, Identity, and Curricula: Public Debates and Controversies Over the Proposal for a New History Curriculum in Croatia
Koren, Snježana
Phantoms of Neverland: The Tale of Three+ History Textbooks in Croatia
Ognjenović, Gorana
Where and How Do Pupils in Serbia Learn About the 1990s Yugoslav Wars?
Šuica, Marko (et al.)
To Believe or Not to Believe: Current History Textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Šimić, Goran
The Most Golden Age: A Discourse Analysis of Representations of Medieval Bosnia in Secondary-School History Textbooks in the Federation of BiH
Fetahagić, Sead S.
Teaching History with an Ethno-Nationalistic Approach: History Textbooks in the Education System of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jozelić, Jasna
The Myth of Victimization in Macedonian History Textbooks (1991–2018)
Stojanov, Darko (et al.)
Southeast Europe in History Textbooks: A Variety of Selective Perceptions
Štimac, Zrinka
Conclusion
Ognjenović, Gorana (et al.)
Afterword
Rutar, Sabine
About the authors
Gorana Ognjenović is Research Fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Jasna Jozelić is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Norway.
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