Teaching history and spreading stereotypes

the janissaries of the great turk as viewed by 19th century textbooks

Authors

  • José Henrique Rollo Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v25i1.44944

Abstract

An analysis of the presence of Janissaries, the Ottoman Empire’s slave-soldiers, in some history textbooks used at European and American schools during the nineteenth century shows some interesting nexus between political values, moral beliefs, stereotypes, and the writing/teaching of history of Eastern peoples. The article explores briefly some of these nexus, mainly, how the authors connected their exposition of Janissaries life with (a) the cult of Western Christian idealized family model; (b) the image of Eastern governments as Despotisms; (c) the valorization of patriotism and national loyalty.

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Author Biography

José Henrique Rollo, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutor em História Comparada pela UFRJ. Professor do Departamento de História, do Mestrado Profissional em Políticas Públicas/Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Mestrado Profissional em Ensino de História. Coordenador do Laboratório de Estudos Americanos, Africanos e Orientais (Leeao) e pesquisador do Laboratório de Arqueologia, Etnologia e Etnohistória (Laee/Tulha) da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Published

2020-08-27

How to Cite

ROLLO, J. H. Teaching history and spreading stereotypes: the janissaries of the great turk as viewed by 19th century textbooks. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 25, n. 1, p. 73–92, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/hr.v25i1.44944. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/44944. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.