Ethnic enclosure in Soviet and Post-Soviet school textbooks

In this paper, we first explore the process of history writing and teaching in Soviet autonomies using the concept of ethnic enclosure as a framework to examine the way the distant past is presented in history textbooks published locally in the Soviet Union. We then show the conflicting character of...

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Autores:
Rouvinski, Vladimir
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2007
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/78431
Acceso en línea:
http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/list/recent_addition/item/30715
http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/30715/20141016175436114198/ipshu_en_20_53.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78431
Palabra clave:
Ciencias sociales
Social sciences
Ciencia política
Political science
Unión Soviética
Soviet Union
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:In this paper, we first explore the process of history writing and teaching in Soviet autonomies using the concept of ethnic enclosure as a framework to examine the way the distant past is presented in history textbooks published locally in the Soviet Union. We then show the conflicting character of ethnic historical narratives in the textbooks of rival ethnic groups and, next, discuss the legacy of the Soviet policy of ethnic enclosure as reflected in school textbooks published after the demise of the Soviet Union.