Education, Affect, and Film: Visual Imaginings and Global Explorations Through a Comparative Lens

Author:   Irving Epstein (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350332508


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   13 June 2024
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Education, Affect, and Film: Visual Imaginings and Global Explorations Through a Comparative Lens


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What can a study of international film contribute to our understanding of education in a globalized context? How can such an exploration further push the boundaries of comparative and international education (CIE) as an academic field? In addressing these questions, Irving Epstein brings together insights from film theory, affect theory and CIE to explore the ways in which educational meanings are mediated through globalization processes. Some of the many films discussed in detail in the book include Parasite, Small Axe, My Octopus Teacher, The Pearl Button, and A Separation. Epstein shows how films can speak broadly to issues involving social class privilege, racism, colonialism and indigeneity, and environmental justice regarding educational concerns.

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Author:   Irving Epstein (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350332508


ISBN 10:   135033250
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   13 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Series Editors’ Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Theoretical Musings 1. Engaging in Comparison: The Power of Affect 2. Film, Comparative and International Education, and Affect: Some Theoretical Considerations 3. Globalization, Commodification, and Affect Part II: Case Studies 4. Social Class: Oppression and Aspiration Parasite (Gisaenchung) A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) Still Life (San Xia Hao Ren) 5. Racism and the Struggle to Assert Identity The Underground Railroad Small Axe Tsotsi 6. Indigeneity/Colonialism: Cultural Elimination and Resistance Rabbit Proof Fence We Were Children The Pearl Button (El botón de nácar) 7. Environmental Consciousness: Exploiting, Understanding, Respecting the Natural World Anthropocene: The Human Epoch My Octopus Teacher Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth Concluding Remarks References

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A masterful and highly original contribution to thinking about the intersection of comparative international education and film. Using the lens of affect theory, Epstein shows how the two fields together promote new insights into fundamental questions regarding the connections between education and the representation of social experience through film. * Diane M. Hoffman, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, USA * An insightful critique of the parallels between CIE and film studies, as a modality to raise humankind’s level of consciousness in systematically addressing existential global problems filtered through the lens of affect theory, urging a nuanced take at the ephemeral relationships among humans, their societies and the planetary biodiverse ecosystems they inhabit. -- Florin Salajan, Professor, School of Education, North Dakota State University, USA


A masterful and highly original contribution to thinking about the intersection of comparative international education and film. Using the lens of affect theory, Epstein shows how the two fields together promote new insights into fundamental questions regarding the connections between education and the representation of social experience through film. * Diane M. Hoffman, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, USA *


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Irving Epstein is the Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Peace and Social Justice at Illinois Wesleyan University. In addition to Education, Affect, and Film, he is the author of Affect Theory and Comparative Education Discourseand the editor of Chinese Education: Problems, Policies and Prospects (1991), Recapturing the Personal (2007), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children’s Issues Worldwide (2007), and The Whole World is Texting: Youth Protest in the Information Age (2015). From 1988-1998, he served as an associate editor of the Comparative Education Review, and is an Emeritus member of the Scholars at Risk advisory board, an international network devoted to protecting scholars from persecution while engaging in academic freedom advocacy.

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