 The Subaltern Speak: Curriculum, Power and Educational Strugglesreviewed by Jennifer Tupper - June 08, 2006  Title: The Subaltern Speak: Curriculum, Power and Educational StrugglesAuthor(s): Michael W. Apple & Kristen L. Buras (Eds.) Publisher: Taylor & Francis, London ISBN: 0415950821, Pages: 294, Year: 2006 Search for book at Amazon.com This book weaves a cautionary tale regarding the state of education in the United States, and is a call to continually examine educational practices that not only perpetuate inequities, but also attempt to expand them. In response to Spivak’s (1988) question, can the subaltern speak? Apple and Buras advance the position that indeed they can and do, organizing the edited collection around three themes: The Subaltern Speak: In Whose Voices; The Subaltern Speak: National Contexts; and lastly, The Subaltern Speak: International Contexts. The editors fittingly introduce the volume by exploring whose knowledge is of most worth. Beginning with the story of Sagoyewatha, a Seneca chief who challenges the dominance of Christian missionaries, Apple and Buras remind us of the longstanding traditions of exclusion and dominance to which subaltern people have been subjected. The introduction to the 11 essays contained in the collection does not simply summarize each, as is so... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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