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Historische Narrationen zu Hispanoamerika sind in deutschen und österreichischen Geschichtsschulbüchern aus dem ersten Jahrzehnt des 21. Jahrhunderts massiv von populären Geschichtsmythen geprägt. Dies bewirkt eine große Kluft zwischen Schulbuchdiskurs und Fachwissenschaft. Teilweise gelangten die Mythen - wie beispielsweise die Erzählung über die von Kolumbus überwundene vermeintlich flache Erde des Mittelalters - erst im 20. Jahrhundert in die Lehrwerke, was anhand einer empirischen Analyse von Schulbüchern aus vier Jahrhunderten gezeigt werden kann. Geschichte und Geschichten: Geschichtsschreibung über Hispanoamerika in aktuellen Schulbüchern
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Twenty-first-century German and Austrian history textbooks are heavily influenced by popular historical myths about Hispanic America. Some of these myths, such as the supposition that Columbus was involved in the discrediting of the putatively medieval notion that the earth was flat, are relatively new, not having taken root in textbooks until during the course of the twentieth century. Further, the Eurocentric perspective from which these textbooks approach the history of Hispanic America largely negates or fails to take into account the significance of indigenous peoples to the development of societies in the region.What are the reasons for the emergence of the various myths about Hispanic America, and why do they continue to be included as unquestioned fact in German and Austrian textbooks to this day, despite their refutation by historians? This book seeks to provide answers to these and other questions.
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'Twenty-first-century German and Austrian history textbooks are heavily influenced by popular historical myths about Hispanic America. Some of these myths, such as the supposition that Columbus was involved in the discrediting of the putatively medieval notion that the earth was flat, are relatively new, not having taken root in textbooks until during the course of the twentieth century. Further, the Eurocentric perspective from which these textbooks approach the history of Hispanic America largely negates or fails to take into account the significance of indigenous peoples to the development of societies in the region.
What are the reasons for the emergence of the various myths about Hispanic America, and why do they continue to be included as unquestioned fact in German and Austrian textbooks to this day, despite their refutation by historians? This book seeks to provide answers to these and other questions.
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Dr. Roland Bernhard ist Geschichtsdidaktiker und Bildungsforscher an der Universität Salzburg. Er arbeitet derzeit an einem empirischen Post-Doc-Forschungsprojekt zu Geschichtsunterricht in Österreich.
Prof. Dr. Simone Lässig ist Direktorin des Deutschen Historischen Instituts Washington DC.
