Story, Time, and Dependent Nationhood in the Uzbek History Curriculum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4217477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shoshana Keller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-277 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20060220 |
| OpenAlex | W2324699037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 34 |
In the 1950s the Soviet school system stabilized and teachers incorporated non-Russian national histories into the elementary curriculum. Shoshana Keller argues that in Soviet Uzbekistan teachers defined Uzbek nationhood partly through historical narrative, which told children that the Uzbek people had existed continuously from ancient times but the nation achieved independence only under Russian/Soviet leadership. Children learned that for millennia Uzbek hero/martyrs had fought losing batdes against foreign invaders. The best Uzbeks were from the lower classes, but the nation had also produced high culture. Above all, children were taught to imagine themselves, not within Eurasian Islamic historical time, but within European historical time as envisioned by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Iosif Stalin. What children learned about Uzbek history in school was central to the formation of a personal sense of national identity and to the larger Soviet project of nation building
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| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |