The Subaltern Speak Curriculum, Power, and Educational Struggles [Paperback]

The question of whose perspective, experience and history is privileged in educational institutions has shaped curriculum debates for decades. In this insightful collection, Michael W. Apple and Kristen L. Buras interrogate the notion that some knowledge is worth more than others. The Subaltern Speakcombines an analysis of the ways in which various forms of power now operate, with a specific focus on spaces in which subaltern groups act to reassert their own perceived identities, cultures and histories.

Michael W. Apple is the John Bascom Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of several best selling Routledge books, including Ideology and Curriculum, Education and Power, and Educating the Right Way. Kristen L. Burasis a Wisconsin-Spencer Research Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Curriculum and Instruction.