New Narratives and Old Myths

History Textbooks in Kazakhstan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11048976
AutoresAziz Burkhanov (0000-0002-9690-2783, Nazarbayev University, autor correspondente), Dina Sharipova (0000-0002-8553-8189, Nazarbayev University)
Ano2024
Volume52
Fascículo5
Páginas1193-1208
Data de publicação2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2023.64
OpenAlexW4386418056
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas31

This article focuses on the role of textbooks in the construction of national identity by analyzing state-approved versions of national identity and history in Kazakhstan. By doing so, this project seeks to highlight what understanding of identity prevails in the history textbooks of Kazakhstan, what narratives regarding the key historic events are promoted, particularly with respect to the Dzhungar wars, annexation of Kazakh Khanate by the Russian Empire, and the Soviet era. Finally, this article compares the main narratives in the textbooks published in Kazakh and Russian languages to illustrate differences and various understandings of identity in the two linguistic realms of Kazakhstan. The article argues that Kazakhstan’s textbooks combine new, independence-focused narratives with the old approaches and partial reproduction of the Soviet symbolic discourse

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Annexation · Art · Empire · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Kazakh · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Classics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy