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Constructing the Past: The Case of Serbian History Textbooks

Author(s): Dubravka Stojanović
Subject(s): History
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: history textbooks; historical consciousness; historical course;

Summary/Abstract: The text analyzes various levels of the misuse in interpretation of the past in historical textbooks. Manipulation of facts makes historical textbooks an efficient means for creation of national and historical consciousness, and their analysis therefore offers a valuable model for understanding ‘us’ and ‘others’.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 10-11
  • Page Range: 51-61
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian
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