美國教科書眼中的臺灣意象－他者論述分析

To promote bilateral understanding of international education, this article examines international views of Taiwan?s image, using “the other” theory as its critical foundation, to see if American textbooks reveal western-centered perspectives under the imperialist influence of master-slave relations...

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Published in:Jiao ke shu yan jiu 2015-04, Vol.8 (1), p.033-061
Main Authors: 王雅玄(Ya-Hsuan Wang), 彭致翎(Chih-Ling Peng)
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
discourse analysis
international understanding
self-other relations
Taiwan’s image
the other theory
TSSCI
他者理論
國際理解
己他關係
臺灣意象
論述分析
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Summary:To promote bilateral understanding of international education, this article examines international views of Taiwan?s image, using “the other” theory as its critical foundation, to see if American textbooks reveal western-centered perspectives under the imperialist influence of master-slave relations and national rankings. This study is aimed at critiquing the position of Taiwan portrayed in international textbooks based on a selection of six primary and secondary school world history and geography textbooks. First, we analyzed Taiwan?s image as represented in the textbooks and classified its image into the following categories: geographical, historical, political, cultural, and economic. This paper concludes several discourses on Taiwan?s image in American textbooks: “attaching China” discourse represented in geography, “splitting China” discourse in historical aspects, “detaching from China” discourse in political and cultural aspects in terms of democratic freedom and multiculturalism, and “beyond China” di
ISSN:1999-8856
DOI:10.6481/JTR.201504_8(1).02