Language, Ideology and Japanese History Textbooks
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A01=Christopher Barnard
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Asahi Shimbun
Author_Christopher Barnard
Category=GTM
Category=JNA
Category=JNU
Category=JP
Category=NHF
Clause Primacy
critical discourse analysis
curriculum politics
educational policy Japan
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functional
Functional Grammar
grammar
Grammatical Metaphor
ideological narratives in Japanese education
Japan's Pearl Harbor Attack
Japanese Army
Japanese History Textbooks
Japanese Kwantung Army
Japanese Soldiers
Japan’s Pearl Harbor Attack
Junior High School Pupils
Kwantung Army
Main Verb
massacre
nanking
Nanking Incident
national identity construction
Negative Face
Nihon Wa
noun
Noun Phrase
people
phrase
Polish Invasion
Potsdam Declaration
Prince Asaka
Rape Of Nanking
shimbun
state
Strong German Accent
Textbook Authorization
Textbook Authorization System
textbook censorship
wartime memory studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780415863117
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Christopher Barnard is Associate Professor in the Department of Anglo-American Language and Culture, Teikyo University, Tokyo.
