Format:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203380741
Content:
The Japanese history textbook debate is one that keeps making the news, particularly with reference to claims that Japan has never 'apologised properly' for its actions between 1931 and 1945, and that it is one of the few liberal, democratic countries in which textbooks are controlled and authorised by the central government. There are frequent protests, both from within Japan and from overseas, that a biased, nationalistic history is taught in Japanese schools. This is the first time that all the authorised textbooks currently in use have been analysed using a critical discourse that is anchored firmly in the theory of 'language within society', elucidating the meanings and associated ideologies created by the language of the textbooks.
Content:
Cover -- Language, Ideology, and Japanese History Textbooks -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- The history problem in Japan -- Post-war education and textbook authorization -- Society, education, and the curriculum -- The linguistic analysis of ideology -- Functional grammar: a social view of language -- Functional grammar and Japanese -- A preliminary analysis -- Data and selection procedures -- Overview of the rest of the book -- Potential objections -- 2 The Rape of Nanking: processes and participants -- Historical background -- Analysis and discussion -- The nature of closed texts -- A partial answer to some objections -- A note concerning Prince Asaka -- Summary and conclusion -- 3 The attacks by Germany and Japan: the ideology of irresponsibility -- Historical background -- The ABCD line -- The German and Japanese attacks: a comparison -- Statistical analysis -- Summary and conclusion -- 4 The surrenders of Germany and Japan: the ideology of face-protection -- Historical background -- The surrender and the threat to face -- Face theory -- Applying face theory to the surrender -- Statistical analysis -- Summary and conclusion -- 5 Conclusion: locating the findings in a wider context -- Reasons for the ideologies -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415297974
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415297974
Additional Edition:
Print version Language, Ideology and Japanese History Textbooks
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=182451
