Elusive Images of the Other: A Postcolonial Analysis of South Korean World History Textbooks

Young Chun Kim; Seungho Moon; Jaehong Joo

doi:10.1080/00131946.2013.783838

Elusive Images of the Other: A Postcolonial Analysis of South Korean World History Textbooks

Young Chun Kim, Seungho Moon, Jaehong Joo

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Original language	American English
Journal	Educational Studies
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2013.783838
State	Published - May 20 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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