Chava Brownfield-Stein
History and Theory, Bezalel // Issue No. 11 - Photography and the Political Arena
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Dina and Discipline
Chava Brownfield Stein
Photos of new recruits with their serial numbers open the current article that discusses the relationship between visibility, disciplinary power and subjectivity. By focusing on the song Dina Barzilay as a case-study the article draws attention to the pleasurable dimension and erotic aspects of the connections between "technologies of the self" and "technologies of domination"—what Foucault termed governmentality—and illuminates the militaristic links between the constitution of the subject and the formation of the state. Archival materials provide the databases and include visual and textual documents found at the IDF Archive (IDA), The National Photo Collection (“The Government Press Office Photography Department Archive”), and archival material from The Israel State Archive (ISA).
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This only an abstract; the article's full text located at the Hebrew section of the Journal.
About the Author :
Chava Brownfield Stein, )PhD( is a lecturer in the Program in Gender Studies at Bar-Ilan University and in 'Hamiderasha', the School of Art, at Beit Berl Academic College. Her dissertation explores the eroticization of ‘Civil-Militarism' in Israel through photographs of IDF Women Soldiers and her research interests are in visual culture, feminist theory and militarism and gender. She is member of the Workshop on Research in Visual Culture Program Committee. Her latest publication," Six days, 45 minutes and one photograph of woman soldier" was published in 2008 in Israel, Studies in Zionism and the State of Israel - History, Culture and Society
http://bezalel.secured.co.il/zope/home/1227877517/1227936490_en?curr_issue=1227877517
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Dina and Discipline
Chava Brownfield Stein
Photos of new recruits with their serial numbers open the current article that discusses the relationship between visibility, disciplinary power and subjectivity. By focusing on the song Dina Barzilay as a case-study the article draws attention to the pleasurable dimension and erotic aspects of the connections between "technologies of the self" and "technologies of domination"—what Foucault termed governmentality—and illuminates the militaristic links between the constitution of the subject and the formation of the state. Archival materials provide the databases and include visual and textual documents found at the IDF Archive (IDA), The National Photo Collection (“The Government Press Office Photography Department Archive”), and archival material from The Israel State Archive (ISA).
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This only an abstract; the article's full text located at the Hebrew section of the Journal.
About the Author :
Chava Brownfield Stein, )PhD( is a lecturer in the Program in Gender Studies at Bar-Ilan University and in 'Hamiderasha', the School of Art, at Beit Berl Academic College. Her dissertation explores the eroticization of ‘Civil-Militarism' in Israel through photographs of IDF Women Soldiers and her research interests are in visual culture, feminist theory and militarism and gender. She is member of the Workshop on Research in Visual Culture Program Committee. Her latest publication," Six days, 45 minutes and one photograph of woman soldier" was published in 2008 in Israel, Studies in Zionism and the State of Israel - History, Culture and Society
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1. The Study of Civil—Military Relations in Israel: A New Perspective / Oren Barak and Gabriel Sheffer
2. Military Knowledge and Weak Civilian Control in the Reality of Low Intensity Conflict—The Israeli Case / Kobi Michael
3. Civil Society, the Military, and National Security: The Case of Israel’s Security Zone in South Lebanon / Avraham Sela
4. Intractable Conflict and the Media / Yoram Peri
5. Tensions between Military Service and Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel: Implications Imagined and Real / Stuart A. Cohen
6. From "Obligatory Militarism" to "Contractual Militarism"—Competing Models of Citizenship / Yagil Levy, Edna Lomsky-Feder, and Noa Harel
7. Shadow Lands: The Use of Land Resources for Security Needs in Israel / Amiram Oren
8. "The Battle over Our Homes": Reconstructing/Deconstructing Sovereign Practices around Israel’s Separation Barrier on the West Bank / Yuval Feinstein and Uri Ben-Eliezer
9. The Debate over the Defense Budget in Israel / Zalman F. Shiffer
10. Civilian Control over the Army in Israel and France / Samy Cohen
11. The Making of Israel’s Political—Security Culture / Amir Bar-Or
12. The Discourses of "Psychology" and the "Normalization" of War in Contemporary Israel / Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari
13. Visual Representations of IDF Women Soldiers and "Civil-Militarism" in Israel / Chava Brownfield-Stein
14. Contradictory Representation of the IDF in Cultural Texts of the 1980s / Yuval Benziman
15. Military and Society since 9/11: Retrospect and Prospect / Christopher Dandeker
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Keywords: Israel: Politics, Military, Lebanon, Israel: Society, Gender, Israel: Culture, Israel: Economy, West Bank, Partition / Separation, Wall / Separation Barrier, Israel: Religion, Religious-Secular Dividem
system and border control. It argues that the border experience of soldiers should be analyzed by the gradual shift in Israel’s way of war from symmetrical high-intensity operations towards asymmetrical low-intensity and low-tech opponents. To grapple with this shift, the paper relates virtual reality gaming to the experiences of Israel’s current border
sentinels. These mostly female soldiers utilize high-tech optical technology to cast an everwatchful eye over Israel’s borders. The paper discusses the ethical and moral dimensions of this technology
Chava Brownfield-Stein
Visual representations of women soldiers are part of the Israeli cultural codex. This interpretative paper deals with the political use of representations and their function in social contexts. Inspired by Althusser, the discussion focuses on the interplay among visual images and social systems. The research examines photographs of women soldiers that appear in official albums published by the Israel Defense Force (IDF), with a relation to archival material dating from 1948 to 1958 stored in IDF archive. The albums contain the dominant discourse and self-image that the military disseminated to the public. An examination of this source reveals the hegemonic discourse regarding women soldiers that was prevalent during the first decade of Israel’s statehood. Pivotal questions consider the role of visual practice in structuring and reinforcing the ‘gender regime’, and its link to constitutional and military practices. The paper analyzes various images containing women soldiers and asks if these representations changed during the first decade of Israel’s statehood.
pages: 351-388
1. The Study of Civil—Military Relations in Israel: A New Perspective / Oren Barak and Gabriel Sheffer
2. Military Knowledge and Weak Civilian Control in the Reality of Low Intensity Conflict—The Israeli Case / Kobi Michael
3. Civil Society, the Military, and National Security: The Case of Israel’s Security Zone in South Lebanon / Avraham Sela
4. Intractable Conflict and the Media / Yoram Peri
5. Tensions between Military Service and Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel: Implications Imagined and Real / Stuart A. Cohen
6. From "Obligatory Militarism" to "Contractual Militarism"—Competing Models of Citizenship / Yagil Levy, Edna Lomsky-Feder, and Noa Harel
7. Shadow Lands: The Use of Land Resources for Security Needs in Israel / Amiram Oren
8. "The Battle over Our Homes": Reconstructing/Deconstructing Sovereign Practices around Israel’s Separation Barrier on the West Bank / Yuval Feinstein and Uri Ben-Eliezer
9. The Debate over the Defense Budget in Israel / Zalman F. Shiffer
10. Civilian Control over the Army in Israel and France / Samy Cohen
11. The Making of Israel’s Political—Security Culture / Amir Bar-Or
12. The Discourses of "Psychology" and the "Normalization" of War in Contemporary Israel / Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari
13. Visual Representations of IDF Women Soldiers and "Civil-Militarism" in Israel / Chava Brownfield-Stein
14. Contradictory Representation of the IDF in Cultural Texts of the 1980s / Yuval Benziman
15. Military and Society since 9/11: Retrospect and Prospect / Christopher Dandeker
———
Keywords: Israel: Politics, Military, Lebanon, Israel: Society, Gender, Israel: Culture, Israel: Economy, West Bank, Partition / Separation, Wall / Separation Barrier, Israel: Religion, Religious-Secular Dividem
system and border control. It argues that the border experience of soldiers should be analyzed by the gradual shift in Israel’s way of war from symmetrical high-intensity operations towards asymmetrical low-intensity and low-tech opponents. To grapple with this shift, the paper relates virtual reality gaming to the experiences of Israel’s current border
sentinels. These mostly female soldiers utilize high-tech optical technology to cast an everwatchful eye over Israel’s borders. The paper discusses the ethical and moral dimensions of this technology
Chava Brownfield-Stein
Visual representations of women soldiers are part of the Israeli cultural codex. This interpretative paper deals with the political use of representations and their function in social contexts. Inspired by Althusser, the discussion focuses on the interplay among visual images and social systems. The research examines photographs of women soldiers that appear in official albums published by the Israel Defense Force (IDF), with a relation to archival material dating from 1948 to 1958 stored in IDF archive. The albums contain the dominant discourse and self-image that the military disseminated to the public. An examination of this source reveals the hegemonic discourse regarding women soldiers that was prevalent during the first decade of Israel’s statehood. Pivotal questions consider the role of visual practice in structuring and reinforcing the ‘gender regime’, and its link to constitutional and military practices. The paper analyzes various images containing women soldiers and asks if these representations changed during the first decade of Israel’s statehood.
pages: 351-388