This is an exploratory study investigating the production of the meaning of ‘freedom’ in US history textbooks used in high schools across America. Responding to current ideological division, this article investigates the production of American patriotism and identity. This study uses methods from critical discourse analysis to dissect how the language used in the textbooks produces a meaning of ‘freedom’. It then explores the production of patriotic citizens through history/civic education and questions the meaning of ‘freedom’ as a value that sits at the heart of American identity and rhetoric. The quantitative and qualitative results show that the story of ‘freedom’ in the textbooks aims to pacify the violent ruptures of history while instilling in students a sense of duty to ‘freedom’ as a cause and value worth furthering – even if its meaning is not fully explained.

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再现爱国主义：美国历史教科书中“自由”的探索

这是一项探索性研究，旨在调查全美高中使用的美国历史教科书中“自由”的含义。本文针对当前的意识形态分裂，考察美国爱国主义和认同的产生。本研究使用批判性话语分析的方法来剖析教科书中使用的语言如何产生“自由”的含义。然后通过历史/公民教育探索爱国公民的产生，并质疑“自由”作为美国身份和修辞核心价值的含义。