Language, Ideology, and Japanese History Textbooks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415863117)

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.

Author: Christopher Barnard
ISBN-10: 0415863112
ISBN-13: 9780415863117
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2014
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d