The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas

This book investigates the politics embedded in the Korean-language textbooks utilised between 1895 and 2019, within the context of one Korea (pre-colonial and colonial eras), the divided Koreas, and an ethnic Korean group residing in Japan (Chongryon).

Autorentext

Dong Bae Lee is Korean major convenor at the University of Queensland, Australia. Their research concerns the critical analysis of language (English, Korean and Chinese) textbooks and curriculum, postcolonial drama in Korea, language policy, multiculturalism in the school curriculum

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Analysis of Korean language textbooks in the pre-colonial era 3. Analysis of textbooks of the colonial period 4. Analysis of the textbooks of the neo-colonial period 5. Textbooks under the dictatorships 6. Textbooks in the 21st century 7. Soviet neo-colonial influence in North Korean language textbooks 8. Textbooks in the era of Kim Jong Il (during the late 1990s and early 2000s) 9. Analysis of Chongryon Korean language textbooks used in Japan 10. Summary and conclusions