Irving Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3869867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irving Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irving |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | EPSTEIN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kalamazoo College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Mee-Ow Show at 50: From Cultural Rebellion to Comedy Institution
The Mee-Ow Show is the longest-running student-created improvisation and sketch comedy production in the United States. Founded in 1974 at Northwestern University, it is especially noteworthy for its famous alumni, who include, among others, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Dermot Mulroney, Craig Bierko, John Cameron Mitchell, Dan Patterson, Ana Gasteyer, and Kristen Schaal, all of whom have had successful careers in television, film, and the th…
Why Theory
Childhood, Youth, and Globalization: Some Theoretical Perspectives with Reflections on China
It is a great privilege to participate in this book honoring the work of Ruth Hayhoe. Ruth has been a wonderful mentor and friend for over 25 years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that her support is largely responsible for the professional success I have achieved in my own career. Having said this, I do need to additionally note that it has occasionally been difficult being one of Ruth’s colleagues. We, as academicians, are socialized into…
Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative Perspective
Street Children in Film
In examining the depiction of street children in three classic films: Kids, Pixote, and Salaam Bombay, I argue that the respective directors play upon our protean concepts of “the street” and “the child” in order to offer social criticism of three types of states: the consumerist state, the authoritarian state, and the neocolonialist state. In each film, street life is used as a metaphor for the way in which the state expresses its authority. In …
Education and the Politics of Identity
Educating Street Children: Some cross-cultural perspectives
This paper analyzes various institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth as a means of better understanding the workings of the neo-liberal state, both in the developing and the developed world. This is a fruitful exercise because the culture of the street is unique and is difficult to reconcile with the predominant values of state-sponsored institutions. In making this argument, the American and Brazilian cases are specifical…
Comparative Education in North America: The Search for Other Through the Escape From Self
Child labor and basic education provision in China
Class and Inequality in Chinese Education
Education and State Formation: The Rise of Education Systems in England, France, and the U.S.A
Chinese Education: Problems, Policies, and Prospects
Secondary Education in China After Mao: Reform and Social Conflict
Special Educational Provision in the People's Republic of China
As the educational system within the People's Republic of China continues to develop and mature, schools offering specialised curricular and instructional alternatives to their ordinary counterparts will be called upon to play an increasingly important supportive role. While educational specialisation and diversification are currently at a nascent stage, a preliminary glimpse of the process allows us to form at the very least a first impression c…
The Emperor's Four Treasuries: Scholars and the State in the Late Ch'ien-Lung Era
An analysis of the Chinese national examination: The politics of curricular change
Any assessment of recent educational change within the People's Republic of China (PRC) must take into account the swift and at times dialectical nature with which educational policies have been enacted. The range of policy shifts within the past 30 years, while paralleling to some extent, regime changes at the highest levels of leadership within the party and state bureaucracy, nonetheless is all the more remarkable given the immense size of the…
Secondary Education in China After Mao: Reform and Social Conflict
Educating Street Children: Some cross-cultural perspectives
This paper analyzes various institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth as a means of better understanding the workings of the neo-liberal state, both in the developing and the developed world. This is a fruitful exercise because the culture of the street is unique and is difficult to reconcile with the predominant values of state-sponsored institutions. In making this argument, the American and Brazilian cases are specifical…
Class and Inequality in Chinese Education
Education and State Formation: The Rise of Education Systems in England, France, and the U.S.A
The Emperor's Four Treasuries: Scholars and the State in the Late Ch'ien-Lung Era
Street Children in Film
In examining the depiction of street children in three classic films: Kids, Pixote, and Salaam Bombay, I argue that the respective directors play upon our protean concepts of “the street” and “the child” in order to offer social criticism of three types of states: the consumerist state, the authoritarian state, and the neocolonialist state. In each film, street life is used as a metaphor for the way in which the state expresses its authority. In …
Comparative Education in North America: The Search for Other Through the Escape From Self
An analysis of the Chinese national examination: The politics of curricular change
Any assessment of recent educational change within the People's Republic of China (PRC) must take into account the swift and at times dialectical nature with which educational policies have been enacted. The range of policy shifts within the past 30 years, while paralleling to some extent, regime changes at the highest levels of leadership within the party and state bureaucracy, nonetheless is all the more remarkable given the immense size of the…
Special Educational Provision in the People's Republic of China
As the educational system within the People's Republic of China continues to develop and mature, schools offering specialised curricular and instructional alternatives to their ordinary counterparts will be called upon to play an increasingly important supportive role. While educational specialisation and diversification are currently at a nascent stage, a preliminary glimpse of the process allows us to form at the very least a first impression c…
The Emperor's Four Treasuries: Scholars and the State in the Late Ch'ien-Lung Era
Secondary Education in China After Mao: Reform and Social Conflict
Chinese Education: Problems, Policies, and Prospects
Child labor and basic education provision in China
Class and Inequality in Chinese Education
Education and State Formation: The Rise of Education Systems in England, France, and the U.S.A
Comparative Education in North America: The Search for Other Through the Escape From Self
Education and the Politics of Identity
Educating Street Children: Some cross-cultural perspectives
This paper analyzes various institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth as a means of better understanding the workings of the neo-liberal state, both in the developing and the developed world. This is a fruitful exercise because the culture of the street is unique and is difficult to reconcile with the predominant values of state-sponsored institutions. In making this argument, the American and Brazilian cases are specifical…
Street Children in Film
In examining the depiction of street children in three classic films: Kids, Pixote, and Salaam Bombay, I argue that the respective directors play upon our protean concepts of “the street” and “the child” in order to offer social criticism of three types of states: the consumerist state, the authoritarian state, and the neocolonialist state. In each film, street life is used as a metaphor for the way in which the state expresses its authority. In …
Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative Perspective
Childhood, Youth, and Globalization: Some Theoretical Perspectives with Reflections on China
It is a great privilege to participate in this book honoring the work of Ruth Hayhoe. Ruth has been a wonderful mentor and friend for over 25 years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that her support is largely responsible for the professional success I have achieved in my own career. Having said this, I do need to additionally note that it has occasionally been difficult being one of Ruth’s colleagues. We, as academicians, are socialized into…
Why Theory
The Mee-Ow Show at 50: From Cultural Rebellion to Comedy Institution
The Mee-Ow Show is the longest-running student-created improvisation and sketch comedy production in the United States. Founded in 1974 at Northwestern University, it is especially noteworthy for its famous alumni, who include, among others, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Dermot Mulroney, Craig Bierko, John Cameron Mitchell, Dan Patterson, Ana Gasteyer, and Kristen Schaal, all of whom have had successful careers in television, film, and the th…
Political science (13 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · China (5 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 works)