Re-visiting Hiroshima: The Role of us and japanese history textbooks in the construction of national memory |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Keith?CrawfordEmail author |
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| Institution: | (1) Edge Hill College, St. Helens Road, L39 4QP Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper originates from the perspective that school textbooks are crucial organs in the process of constructing legitimated
ideologies and beliefs and are a reflection of the values considered important by powerful groups in society. This claim is
explored through investigating the manner in which a selection of history textbooks in use in US and Japanese schools invites
students to understand the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Linking narrative with historical analysis, the paper
presents evidence which suggests that US and Japanese children are provided with a narrow view of the past which in promoting
asense of unity and patriotism limits the development of a critical historical consciousness. |
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| Keywords: | history textbooks Japan USA Hiroshima Politics Ideology curriculum |
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