Globalizing critical studies of 'official' knowledge: Lessons from the Japanese history textbook controversy over 'comfort women'

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-589

  Takayama, Keita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comfort women; Counter hegemony; Critical studies of education; Globalizations; Hegemony; Politics of school knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349568370     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690903101064     Document Type: Article

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