The Subaltern Speak

Features an account of the measures that marginalised groups have taken in the resistance against conservative educational policies, reassessing curriculum content and institutionalised practices from alternative -and equally valid- viewpoints. This book highlights the power of these 'subalterns' to resist conservative forces in education.
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 Speak combines 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.