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Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks
The Politics of Historical Oblivion
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Focusing on the representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin immigrants in high school history textbooks, this book analyzes educational materials from the 1950s to 2022. It reveals a persistent narrative of White dominance over BIPOC groups, despite some improvements in depicting non-White perspectives. Through textual analysis and interviews with BIPOC students, the work highlights the detrimental effects of misrepresentation on youth identity and advocates for a reevaluation of US history curricula to include diverse narratives and perspectives.
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Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks, Mneesha Gellman
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks
- Subtitle
- The Politics of Historical Oblivion
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mneesha Gellman
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 140
- ISBN13
- 9783031503528
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Textbooks, Political Science & Politics, Pedagogy
- Rating
- 5 out of 5
- Description
- Focusing on the representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin immigrants in high school history textbooks, this book analyzes educational materials from the 1950s to 2022. It reveals a persistent narrative of White dominance over BIPOC groups, despite some improvements in depicting non-White perspectives. Through textual analysis and interviews with BIPOC students, the work highlights the detrimental effects of misrepresentation on youth identity and advocates for a reevaluation of US history curricula to include diverse narratives and perspectives.