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Rebecca L. Stein

December 20, 2023

Rebecca L. Stein is a cultural anthropologist and media studies scholar. She is a Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University.[1]

Education and career edit

Stein holds a B.A. (summa cuma laude) from Amherst College (1991) and a Ph.D. from the Program in Modern Thoughts and Literature at Stanford University (1999).[2] Before her graduate work, she worked for two years as the English-language editor of Challenge Magazine: A Magazine of the Israeli Left,[3] based in Jerusalem. Stein is also a member of the core faculty in the Duke Center for Jewish Studies[4] and core faculty of the Duke Middle East Studies Center.[5]

Stein’s research focuses on Israeli cultural politics in the context of Zionist settler-nationalism and Palestinian dispossession and the legacy of the Israeli military occupation. Her first monograph, Itineraries in Conflict, examined how Jewish Israeli tourist practices of the 1990s were a means of navigating Israel’s changing relationship to Palestinians and the broader Arab World. Informed by post-colonial critiques, Stein frames Israeli tourist routes through neighboring Arab countries and Palestinian communities as an unstable, yet politically charged, forms of settler nationalism.

Anthropologist Charles Hirshkind called Itineraries in Conflict “a groundbreaking work. . . . Stein provides the reader with a powerful and insightful analysis of the cultural forms and practices through which a shifting geographic imaginary comes to be instantiated within Israeli public life.”[6] Stein would write a number of additional articles on these themes, including on Zionist hiking as practices of territorial conquest in pre-1948 Palestine,[7] Israeli tourism-politics in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories and during the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon,[8] and the Airbnb market in the Jewish settlements.[9]

In the early 2010s, Stein’s research turned to the politics of digital media in Israel. Digital Militarism: Israel’s Occupation in the Social Media Age examined how Israeli Jews supported and sustained Israel’s military rule over the occupied Palestinian territories on social media—using selfies, memes and popular platforms. Stein and Kuntsman coin the phrase “selfie militarism,”[10] which Jenna Brager from The New Inquiry calls "a useful insertion in the perplexing scene of soldier narcissism."[11] Miriam Aouragh lauded the broader publication as a "fast paced, concise, and sharp book" which "stands apart through its scholarly treatment and theoretical framing (about memory, time, and digital archiving)" that "are interwoven with media and communication themes and enriched by recollections of dramatic events that draw on alternative Israeli sources."[12] Oren Livio discussed how Digital Militarism "continues – and in some places kicks off – an important theoretical conversation regarding the interplay of social media, technology and ideology."[13]

Stein’s latest book, Screen Shots: Israeli State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine, is an ethnographic account of Israel’s occupation in the age of smart-phone witnessing, chronicling how various actors across the political spectrum – from Jewish settlers and soldiers, to Palestinian activists and human rights workers – learned to employ digital photographic technologies as part of their political toolboxes. Historian of photography Issam Nasser called the book a “must read for anyone interested in Palestine.”[14] Artist and writer Liat Berdugo praised Screen Shots as “meticulously researched, ethnographically focused and well-written case studies” that “detail how camera dreams have swept Israel and Palestine and how those dreams have come undone.” [15]

Stein is also the co-editor of two volumes on Israeli and Palestinian politics and Society: Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture and The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005.

Stein has served on the editorial committee of the Middle East Report and on the board of directors of PARC: The Palestinian-American Research Center[16]

Her popular writings on Israeli cultural politics have appeared in the London Review of Books blog,[17] OpenDemocracy,[18] and Middle East Report.[19]

Books edit

  • Stein, Rebecca L. (2021). Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-1497-0.
  • Kuntsman, Adi; Stein, Rebecca L. (2015). Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8567-9.
  • Stein, Rebecca L. (2008). Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822391203. ISBN 978-0-8223-4251-9.
  • Joel Beinin and R.L. Stein, editors, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8047-5364-7.
  • R.L. Stein and Ted Swedenburg, editors, "Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture". Duke University Press. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

References edit

  1. ^ "People | Cultural Anthropology". culturalanthropology.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. ^ "Rebecca Stein | Modern Thought & Literature". mtl.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ^ "Challenge: An e-magazine covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ "People | Center for Jewish Studies". jewishstudies.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  5. ^ "Faculty | Middle East Studies Center". middleeaststudies.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  6. ^ Hirschkind, Charles (February 2012). "Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Politics of Tourism by Rebecca Stein". American Ethnologist. 39 (1): 211–212. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01358_9.x.
  7. ^ Stein, Rebecca L. (November 2009). "Travelling Zion". Interventions. 11 (3): 334–351. doi:10.1080/13698010903255569. S2CID 216150663.
  8. ^ Stein, Rebecca (2008). "Souvenirs of Conquest" (PDF). International Journal of Middle East Studies.
  9. ^ Stein, Rebecca L. (2016). "#StolenHomes: Israeli Tourism and/As Military Occupation in Historical Perspective". American Quarterly. 68 (3): 545–555. doi:10.1353/aq.2016.0050. S2CID 151659136.
  10. ^ Kuntsman, Rebecca L. Stein and Adi (2014-05-23). "Rebecca L. Stein and Adi Kuntsman | Selfie Militarism · LRB 23 May 2014". LRB Blog. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  11. ^ Brager, Jenna (9 June 2015). "Our Boys Gone Wild". The New Inquirt.
  12. ^ Aouragh, Miriyam (2016). "Review: Digital Militarism". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 48: 596–599. doi:10.1017/S002074381600060X. S2CID 164045159.
  13. ^ Livio, Oren (June 21, 2016). "Digital Miltiarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age". European Journal of Communication. 31 (3): 353–356. doi:10.1177/0267323116648528. S2CID 147866292.
  14. ^ Stein, Rebecca L. (2021). Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-1497-0.
  15. ^ Nohad ‘Ali; Cohen-Almagor, Raphael; Mendelsohn, Barak; Berdugo, Liat (2022-12-01). "Book Reviews". Israel Studies Review. 37 (3): 158–171. doi:10.3167/isr.2022.370308. ISSN 2159-0370. S2CID 254488723.
  16. ^ "Palestinian American Research Center". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  17. ^ Stein, Rebecca L. (2011-04-19). "Rebecca L. Stein | The Other Wall · LRB 19 April 2011". LRB Blog. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  18. ^ "Home". openDemocracy. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  19. ^ Ufheil-Somers, Amanda (2010-09-20). "Another War Zone". MERIP. Retrieved 2023-01-23.

December 20, 2023
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Rebecca L Stein is a cultural anthropologist and media studies scholar She is a Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University 1 Education and career editStein holds a B A summa cuma laude from Amherst College 1991 and a Ph D from the Program in Modern Thoughts and Literature at Stanford University 1999 2 Before her graduate work she worked for two years as the English language editor of Challenge Magazine A Magazine of the Israeli Left 3 based in Jerusalem Stein is also a member of the core faculty in the Duke Center for Jewish Studies 4 and core faculty of the Duke Middle East Studies Center 5 Stein s research focuses on Israeli cultural politics in the context of Zionist settler nationalism and Palestinian dispossession and the legacy of the Israeli military occupation Her first monograph Itineraries in Conflict examined how Jewish Israeli tourist practices of the 1990s were a means of navigating Israel s changing relationship to Palestinians and the broader Arab World Informed by post colonial critiques Stein frames Israeli tourist routes through neighboring Arab countries and Palestinian communities as an unstable yet politically charged forms of settler nationalism Anthropologist Charles Hirshkind called Itineraries in Conflict a groundbreaking work Stein provides the reader with a powerful and insightful analysis of the cultural forms and practices through which a shifting geographic imaginary comes to be instantiated within Israeli public life 6 Stein would write a number of additional articles on these themes including on Zionist hiking as practices of territorial conquest in pre 1948 Palestine 7 Israeli tourism politics in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories and during the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon 8 and the Airbnb market in the Jewish settlements 9 In the early 2010s Stein s research turned to the politics of digital media in Israel Digital Militarism Israel s Occupation in the Social Media Age examined how Israeli Jews supported and sustained Israel s military rule over the occupied Palestinian territories on social media using selfies memes and popular platforms Stein and Kuntsman coin the phrase selfie militarism 10 which Jenna Brager from The New Inquiry calls a useful insertion in the perplexing scene of soldier narcissism 11 Miriam Aouragh lauded the broader publication as a fast paced concise and sharp book which stands apart through its scholarly treatment and theoretical framing about memory time and digital archiving that are interwoven with media and communication themes and enriched by recollections of dramatic events that draw on alternative Israeli sources 12 Oren Livio discussed how Digital Militarism continues and in some places kicks off an important theoretical conversation regarding the interplay of social media technology and ideology 13 Stein s latest book Screen Shots Israeli State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine is an ethnographic account of Israel s occupation in the age of smart phone witnessing chronicling how various actors across the political spectrum from Jewish settlers and soldiers to Palestinian activists and human rights workers learned to employ digital photographic technologies as part of their political toolboxes Historian of photography Issam Nasser called the book a must read for anyone interested in Palestine 14 Artist and writer Liat Berdugo praised Screen Shots as meticulously researched ethnographically focused and well written case studies that detail how camera dreams have swept Israel and Palestine and how those dreams have come undone 15 Stein is also the co editor of two volumes on Israeli and Palestinian politics and Society Palestine Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture and The Struggle for Sovereignty Palestine and Israel 1993 2005 Stein has served on the editorial committee of the Middle East Report and on the board of directors of PARC The Palestinian American Research Center 16 Her popular writings on Israeli cultural politics have appeared in the London Review of Books blog 17 OpenDemocracy 18 and Middle East Report 19 Books editStein Rebecca L 2021 Screen Shots State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine Stanford Stanford University Press ISBN 978 1 5036 1497 0 Kuntsman Adi Stein Rebecca L 2015 Digital Militarism Israel s Occupation in the Social Media Age Stanford Stanford University Press ISBN 978 0 8047 8567 9 Stein Rebecca L 2008 Itineraries in Conflict Israelis Palestinians and the Political Lives of Tourism Duke University Press doi 10 1215 9780822391203 ISBN 978 0 8223 4251 9 Joel Beinin and R L Stein editors The Struggle for Sovereignty Palestine and Israel 1993 2005 Stanford Stanford University Press 2006 ISBN 978 0 8047 5364 7 R L Stein and Ted Swedenburg editors Palestine Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture Duke University Press Retrieved 23 January 2023 References edit People Cultural Anthropology culturalanthropology duke edu Retrieved 2023 01 23 Rebecca Stein Modern Thought amp Literature mtl stanford edu Retrieved 2023 01 23 Challenge An e magazine covering the Israeli Palestinian conflict 23 January 2023 People Center for Jewish Studies jewishstudies duke edu Retrieved 2023 01 23 Faculty Middle East Studies Center middleeaststudies duke edu Retrieved 2023 01 23 Hirschkind Charles February 2012 Itineraries in Conflict Israelis Palestinians and the Politics of Tourism by Rebecca Stein American Ethnologist 39 1 211 212 doi 10 1111 j 1548 1425 2011 01358 9 x Stein Rebecca L November 2009 Travelling Zion Interventions 11 3 334 351 doi 10 1080 13698010903255569 S2CID 216150663 Stein Rebecca 2008 Souvenirs of Conquest PDF International Journal of Middle East Studies Stein Rebecca L 2016 StolenHomes Israeli Tourism and As Military Occupation in Historical Perspective American Quarterly 68 3 545 555 doi 10 1353 aq 2016 0050 S2CID 151659136 Kuntsman Rebecca L Stein and Adi 2014 05 23 Rebecca L Stein and Adi Kuntsman Selfie Militarism LRB 23 May 2014 LRB Blog Retrieved 2023 01 23 Brager Jenna 9 June 2015 Our Boys Gone Wild The New Inquirt Aouragh Miriyam 2016 Review Digital Militarism International Journal of Middle East Studies 48 596 599 doi 10 1017 S002074381600060X S2CID 164045159 Livio Oren June 21 2016 Digital Miltiarism Israel s Occupation in the Social Media Age European Journal of Communication 31 3 353 356 doi 10 1177 0267323116648528 S2CID 147866292 Stein Rebecca L 2021 Screen Shots State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine Stanford Stanford University Press ISBN 978 1 5036 1497 0 Nohad Ali Cohen Almagor Raphael Mendelsohn Barak Berdugo Liat 2022 12 01 Book Reviews Israel Studies Review 37 3 158 171 doi 10 3167 isr 2022 370308 ISSN 2159 0370 S2CID 254488723 Palestinian American Research Center Retrieved 2023 01 23 Stein Rebecca L 2011 04 19 Rebecca L Stein The Other Wall LRB 19 April 2011 LRB Blog Retrieved 2023 01 23 Home openDemocracy 12 February 2018 Retrieved 2023 01 23 Ufheil Somers 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