Migration and Migrants between the Favorable and the Problematic

Migration has significantly shaped the changing demographics of Turkey and the interplay between the self-image of the state and its citizens as elements of nation-building policies, dating back to the late Ottoman period. Although the effects of migration and its representations have been the subje...

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Published in:Journal of educational media, memory, and society memory, and society, 2020-09, Vol.12 (2), p.77
Main Author: Cetin, Önder
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Correlation
Discourse Analysis
Foreign Countries
History
History Instruction
Immigrants
Immigration
Nationalism
Secondary School Students
Self Concept
Textbooks
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Summary:Migration has significantly shaped the changing demographics of Turkey and the interplay between the self-image of the state and its citizens as elements of nation-building policies, dating back to the late Ottoman period. Although the effects of migration and its representations have been the subject of scholarly studies about collective memory, textbooks have largely been omitted from studies about migration. This article analyzes the topics and discursive strategies used to construct narratives of migration and migrants in secondary-level history textbooks by considering ways in which textbooks construct and transmit collective self-images. Adopting a critical discourse analysis approach, the author demonstrates how topoi are used to present a favorable or problematic image of migration.
ISSN:2041-6938
DOI:10.3167/jemms.2020.120204