The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives

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Van Alphen, Floortje; Carretero, Mario
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2015
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Master narratives about national history have been recognized as powerful cultural tools, influencing both historical understanding and national identity construction. For example, by the work of James Wertsch and studies on national history representation from a sociocultural point of view. However, the appropriation of these narratives needs to be considered in more detail for a clearer picture of how the nation is imagined and how this representation could change. In this paper a contribution is made by analyzing how the relation between past and present is constructed in master narrative representation, based on interviews with high school students narrating national history and presidential discourse commemorating it. It is proposed that the relation between past and present is constructed in three ways: past and present are identified; the past is idealized and their relation is teleologically constructed. By looking at how past and present are related in representations of the national past, the functioning of national historical myths as cultural tool becomes more clear. This contributes to clarifying how the master narrative constrains historical understanding and how it might enable national identification processes.
Fil: Van Alphen, Floortje. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Carretero, Mario. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
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Collective Memory
History Education
History Learning
Master Narratives
National Identity
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
title The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
spellingShingle The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
Van Alphen, Floortje
Collective Memory
History Education
History Learning
Master Narratives
National Identity
title_short The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
title_full The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
title_fullStr The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
title_full_unstemmed The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
title_sort The Construction of the Relation Between National Past and present in the Appropriation of Historical Master Narratives
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Van Alphen, Floortje
Carretero, Mario
author Van Alphen, Floortje
author_facet Van Alphen, Floortje
Carretero, Mario
author_role author
author2 Carretero, Mario
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Collective Memory
History Education
History Learning
Master Narratives
National Identity
topic Collective Memory
History Education
History Learning
Master Narratives
National Identity
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Master narratives about national history have been recognized as powerful cultural tools, influencing both historical understanding and national identity construction. For example, by the work of James Wertsch and studies on national history representation from a sociocultural point of view. However, the appropriation of these narratives needs to be considered in more detail for a clearer picture of how the nation is imagined and how this representation could change. In this paper a contribution is made by analyzing how the relation between past and present is constructed in master narrative representation, based on interviews with high school students narrating national history and presidential discourse commemorating it. It is proposed that the relation between past and present is constructed in three ways: past and present are identified; the past is idealized and their relation is teleologically constructed. By looking at how past and present are related in representations of the national past, the functioning of national historical myths as cultural tool becomes more clear. This contributes to clarifying how the master narrative constrains historical understanding and how it might enable national identification processes.
Fil: Van Alphen, Floortje. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Carretero, Mario. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
description Master narratives about national history have been recognized as powerful cultural tools, influencing both historical understanding and national identity construction. For example, by the work of James Wertsch and studies on national history representation from a sociocultural point of view. However, the appropriation of these narratives needs to be considered in more detail for a clearer picture of how the nation is imagined and how this representation could change. In this paper a contribution is made by analyzing how the relation between past and present is constructed in master narrative representation, based on interviews with high school students narrating national history and presidential discourse commemorating it. It is proposed that the relation between past and present is constructed in three ways: past and present are identified; the past is idealized and their relation is teleologically constructed. By looking at how past and present are related in representations of the national past, the functioning of national historical myths as cultural tool becomes more clear. This contributes to clarifying how the master narrative constrains historical understanding and how it might enable national identification processes.
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