Dismantling Orientalist Representations in US Education
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Dismantling Orientalist Representations in US Education

Schooling and Otherness in the Social Studies Classroom

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eBook - ePub

Dismantling Orientalist Representations in US Education

Schooling and Otherness in the Social Studies Classroom

About this book

This book examines the evolving role played by the social studies classroom in shaping national identity and contributing to Orientalism, which depicts the peoples of the Middle East as "the Other" relative to those of the United States and Europe.

Building upon the momentum of critical approaches to examining the nature of knowledge, the role of schools in society, and the trends within social studies education and its hidden curriculum, the volume crucially shifts the focus toward a more global emphasis, examining the nature of Orientalism and the school as a setting where Orientalist logic and assumptions about the Middle East and its inhabitants are reified. Focusing on the ecosystem of social studies knowledge production and working within the sociology of knowledge, it traces this evolution across the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

A novel and unique exploration of knowledge construction, and presenting a vision for a more nuanced and multifaceted portrayal of the Middle East that corrects for the deleterious aspects of Orientalism while avoiding a romanticized apologetic, it will appeal to scholars, researchers, and educators with interests in decolonizing education, social studies education, the history of education, and race and ethnicity studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032456836
eBook ISBN
9781040151181
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction: Memory, Identity, and Otherness in Education
  9. 1 Understanding Orientalism
  10. 2 Race and Representation in Textbooks
  11. 3 From Antiquity to the Ottomans
  12. 4 From Colonialism to Modernization
  13. 5 Despotism, Decline, Difference, and Diffusion
  14. 6 Teachers’ Reflections on Teaching the Middle East
  15. Conclusion: Dismantling Orientalism and Reimagining Education
  16. Index