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Globalizing Critical Studies of ‘Officiar Knowledge: Lessons from the Japanese History
Textbook Controversy over ‘Comfort Women’
Author(s): Keita Takayama
Source: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 30, No. 5 (Sep., 2009), pp. 577-589
Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
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Globalizing critical studies of ‘official’ knowledge: lessons from the
Japanese history textbook controversy over ‘comfort women’
Keita Takayama*