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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765821503321

Autore

Bernhard Roland

Titolo

Geschichtsmythen über Hispanoamerika : Entdeckung, Eroberung und Kolonisierung in deutschen und österreichischen Schulbüchern des 21. Jahrhunderts / / Roland Bernhard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen : , : V&R unipress GmbH, , 2013

ISBN

9783847102045

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages ) : illustrations (some colour)

Collana

Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe ; ; Band 134

Soggetti

Textbooks - Germany - History - 21st century

Textbooks - Austria - History - 21st century

Civilization, Hispanic

Latin America History Study and teaching Germany

Latin America History Study and teaching Austria

Latin America Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Graz, 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

There are numerous popular myths concerning Hispanic America in German and Austrian textbooks from the first decade of the 21st century, and thus there is a big gap between historical narratives in textbooks and the scientific historical discourse. An analysis of textbooks from four centuries shows, that some of the myths were introduced into the textbooks in the twentieth century – for example the “myth of the flat earth” of medieval times. The myths relating to Hispanic America and the images and assumptions they conveyed were important to many different groups throughout history, became incorporated into collective memory and were uncritically incorporated into German and Austrian textbooks.