Visualizing Minority: Images of Ethnic Minority Groups in Chinese Elementary Social Studies Textbooks
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Keywords
Textbook studies, Minority groups, Content analysis, Representation
Abstract
This study investigates the visual representation of ethnic minority groups in Chinese elementary social studies textbooks. The author conducts a content analysis to examine the extent to which ethnic minority groups are visually represented and to explore the ways in which they are portrayed in some of the most popular social studies textbooks in China. A total of 6075 visuals drawn from 36 books were electronically coded and analyzed using SPSS. The findings reveal the dearth of ethnic minority-related visuals and show that ethnic minority individuals are visually represented in significantly different ways in many important aspects than non-minority people in these textbooks. The author concludes that the visual representations of ethnic minority groups in these textbooks contributes to a binary understanding of minority and majority by limiting the images of ethnic minority groups to selected cultural markers.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2017.05.005
Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Journal of Social Studies Research, v. 42, issue 2, p. 135-147
Scholar Commons Citation
Chu, Yiting, "Visualizing Minority: Images of Ethnic Minority Groups in Chinese Elementary Social Studies Textbooks" (2018). Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education Faculty Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lleepe_facpub/11
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