A Systematic Form of Japanization in Okinawa: Japanese Identity Construction through a Japanization Discourse in Textbooks and a Textbook Guide

Autor/in	Taira, Kazufumi
Titel	A Systematic Form of Japanization in Okinawa: Japanese Identity Construction through a Japanization Discourse in Textbooks and a Textbook Guide
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 28 (2019) 2, S.110-126 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Taira, Kazufumi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2018.1554448
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Textbooks; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Discourse Analysis; Teaching Methods; Content Analysis; Asian Culture; History; Politics; International Relations; Japan; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Diskursanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Inhaltsanalyse; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Politik; Internationale Beziehungen
Abstract	This research examines some modes of Japanization through education in Okinawa where Japanese influences on education have permeated after Japan's annexation. I investigate how a book excerpt entitled "Mizu no Tozai," included in high school textbooks in Okinawa, constructs Japanese identity. "Mizu no Tozai" functions as nihonjinron discourse, which is characterized by 'Japanese culture,' 'Japanese uniqueness,' and 'Japaneseness.' The 'East-West' dichotomy, depicted in this "nihonjinron" discourse, induces students to choose 'Japan'/'Japanese culture' and become 'Japanese.' Practice sections of "Mizu no Tozai" in textbooks as well as a textbook guide operate to be complicit in this Japanese identity construction. Through a critical analysis of discourse, I reveal that the "nihonjinron" discourse operating as official knowledge, in collusion with the other discursive texts, produces a position subjected to the discourse of Japanization within which Okinawans become 'Japanese.' I problematize these discursive texts as a systematic form of Japanizing Okinawans' minds through education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01