History Can Bite

Download or read book History Can Bite written by Denise Bentrovato and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume provides critical insights into approaches adopted by curricula, textbooks and teachers around the world when teaching about the past in the wake of civil war and mass violence, discerning some of the key challenges and opportunities involved in such endeavors. The contributors discuss ways in which history teaching has acted as a political tool that has, at times, been guilty of exacerbating inter-group conflicts. It also highlights history teaching as an important component of reconciliation attempts, showcasing examples of curricular reform and textbook revision after conflict, and discussing how the contestations and difficulties surrounding such processes were addressed in different post-conflict societies.