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Author Segesten, Anamaria Dutceac

Title Myth, Identity, and Conflict : a Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Serbian Textbooks
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (314 pages)
Contents MYTH, IDENTITY, AND CONFLICT; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The History Textbook in Context; 3 Education, Conict, and Ethnic Identity; 4 Myth; 5 Romanian National Myths; 6 Serbian National Myths; 7 Common Myths to Serbia and Romania; 8 Myths in Textbooks; 9 Representation of the Self; 10 Representation of the Other; 11 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary Myth, Identity, and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Serbian Textbooks, by Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, is an examination of how history and politics became entangled in Romania and Serbia. Segesten's findings confirm the presence of mythologized versions of the past in the history textbooks of both countries over the entire fifteen-year period studied (1992-2007), despite claims for professionalization of textbook-making. Ultimately, Myth, Identity, and Conflict, by
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mythology, Romanian.
Ethnic attitudes -- Romania
Group identity -- Romania
Mythology, Slavic -- Serbia
Ethnic attitudes -- Serbia
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
Ethnic attitudes
Group identity
Historiography -- Political aspects
Mythology, Romanian
Mythology, Slavic
Textbooks -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Romania -- Historiography -- Political aspects
Romania -- History -- Textbooks -- Political aspects
Serbia -- Historiography -- Political aspects
Serbia -- History -- Textbooks -- Political aspects
Group identity -- Serbia
Subject Romania
Serbia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780739148679
0739148672