L Sion
Biographic Data
| ID | 55501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Sion |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Sion |
| SIGNATURE | SION L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6929-4428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Constructing the Enemy
This article examines how Israeli combat soldiers’ war songs function as a cultural medium for constructing and performing enmity against Palestinians. Through an analysis of original, soldier-composed lyrics from the First and Second Intifadas, the study traces a shift from ambivalent depictions of Palestinians to open calls for their elimination. Drawing on Carl Schmitt’s Theory of political enmity, James Ron’s frontier/ghetto framework, and Ju…
Lyrics of Conflict
How does the cultural framing of war as an existential threat justify violence against the Palestinian Other? This article examines Israeli soldiers’ war songs as cultural performances through which enemy categories are produced, stabilized, and transformed. Drawing on performance theory and interaction ritual theory, songs are analyzed not as expressions of individual attitudes but as performative practices that generate collective emotions, est…
Teaching Jewish Studies in the Nordics
This roundtable offers a collaborative, multi-vocal forum on the topic of teaching Jewish Studies in the Nordic region, featuring contributions from scholars and instructors based in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Conceived as a reflective platform, it weaves together critical insights, pedagogical experiences, and institutional perspectives. Topics include national contexts, classroom practices, both conventional and experimental curricul…
From Lebanon to Gaza
Passing and telling
This article analyzes the public performance of Arabized soldiers in Israel, Mista'arvim , who pass as Palestinians in order to operate in Palestinian communities in the occupied territories and Israel. These undercover units whose operatives disguise themselves as Arabs to gather intelligence, infiltrate protests, rescue hostages, and engage in counterterrorism operations are a key element of Israel's control strategy, aimed at managing the Pale…
The Arab 'Uncertain Body' and Sojourner Passing in Israel
This article analyses the image of the Arab 'uncertain body' by introducing two theoretical tools: first, the practice of sojourner passing: that is, an abrupt and temporary event limited in space and time in order to gain access to sexual, financial or militarised goals; second, the uncertainty of the Muslim male body. In the Israeli context, the fear of the Arab 'uncertain body' manifests itself in two main ways: (1) the fear of Arab sojourner …
Innocent girls, wicked women
This paper examines how the state apparatus classifies who are the citizens to be symbolically included in the collective, and who are to be excluded by analysing interfaith marriages in the Israeli context, where ethno-national identity is society’s main category organizer. I argue that the women’s social-economic standing (working-class versus middle-class) and ethnic origin (Mizrahi Jews of Middle Eastern and North African ancestry versus Ashk…
Ethnic minorities and brothers in arms
Although the solidarity of brothers in arms is an important feature of the military, when it comes to ethnic minorities there is a pivotal paradox. On the one hand the military aims at drawing boundaries between soldiers and civilians by blurring existing ethnic and racial divisions inside the military. On the other hand the military is a highly national institution which prides itself on conservative values. Can these contradictions work? And ho…
Ethno-national boundaries and the gendered body
Boundaries crossing and blurring
This article applies the case of Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman who was convicted of aiding the enemy during wartime, in order to analyse how the ethno-national community is threatened by members it fails to control and fit into existing categories. The author argues that what makes an assumingly bright boundary so sensitive and problematic to cross is not its impenetrability but its actual vulnerability. The state tries to police uncertain citize…
Passing as hybrid
In this paper I examine how Arab-Palestinians who teach Arabic in Jewish schools appropriate performative identity strategies through passing as hybrid to gain inclusion into the schools. The paradox is that although these teachers are recruited specifically because they are Arabs, they are expected by teachers and students to conceal their Arabness. I argue that because of the ethno-national bright boundaries in Israel, which do not encourage in…
Can Women Make a Difference? Female Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo
By using participant observation, this article analyses the participation of women in peacekeeping missions through the experience of Dutch female peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo in 1999–2000. Its argument is threefold. First, it argues that although peacekeeping is a relatively new military model it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mindset of gender roles. Therefore, women are limited in their ability to contribute to peace miss…
Imagined Masculinity
This article explores how middle-class Jewish men on reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces form a 'proper' masculinity through humor and jokes. Reserve service creates a fruitful territory for researching four issues that have not been extensively studied in the literature on masculinities: the relation between gender and age, the periodic reaffirmation of masculinity along the life course, how women are perceived as sexual objects and how in…
Dutch Peacekeepers and Host Environments in the Balkans
This article focuses on the ways in which Dutch peacekeepers in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2) in 1999-2000 perceived local populations and host countries.It analyses the tension between military combat socialization and peacekeeping missions through ethnographic fieldwork and by borrowing tools from tourism and expatriate theories.Derived from the 'tourist space' concept, soldiers construct a spurious 'peacekeeping space', which confirms thei…
Peacekeeping and the Gender Regime
This article addresses the issue of women participation in peacekeeping missions by focusing on two North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dutch peacekeeping units in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2). I argue that soldiers are ambivalent toward what is perceived the "feminine" aspects of peace missions. Although peacekeeping is a new military model, it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mind-set of gender roles. Therefore Dutch female s…
Too Sweet and Innocent for War
Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article studies the experience of two Dutch peacekeeping units: the 'Grizzly' artillery battery that was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 (KFOR2) and the 'Bulldog' infantry company that was deployed to Bosnia in 2000 (SFOR8). By examining the units' experience from training through deployment, this article argues that the Dutch army is a threatened organization that suffers from a relatively low status in societ…
Hungry, Weary and Horny’
The aphorism used as the title of this article – ‘hungry, weary and horny’ – is frequently employed by Israeli soldiers to characterize their experience upon entering reserve duty. In its comic ton
Passing as hybrid
In this paper I examine how Arab-Palestinians who teach Arabic in Jewish schools appropriate performative identity strategies through passing as hybrid to gain inclusion into the schools. The paradox is that although these teachers are recruited specifically because they are Arabs, they are expected by teachers and students to conceal their Arabness. I argue that because of the ethno-national bright boundaries in Israel, which do not encourage in…
Too Sweet and Innocent for War
Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article studies the experience of two Dutch peacekeeping units: the 'Grizzly' artillery battery that was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 (KFOR2) and the 'Bulldog' infantry company that was deployed to Bosnia in 2000 (SFOR8). By examining the units' experience from training through deployment, this article argues that the Dutch army is a threatened organization that suffers from a relatively low status in societ…
Peacekeeping and the Gender Regime
This article addresses the issue of women participation in peacekeeping missions by focusing on two North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dutch peacekeeping units in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2). I argue that soldiers are ambivalent toward what is perceived the "feminine" aspects of peace missions. Although peacekeeping is a new military model, it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mind-set of gender roles. Therefore Dutch female s…
Hungry, Weary and Horny’
The aphorism used as the title of this article – ‘hungry, weary and horny’ – is frequently employed by Israeli soldiers to characterize their experience upon entering reserve duty. In its comic ton
Imagined Masculinity
This article explores how middle-class Jewish men on reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces form a 'proper' masculinity through humor and jokes. Reserve service creates a fruitful territory for researching four issues that have not been extensively studied in the literature on masculinities: the relation between gender and age, the periodic reaffirmation of masculinity along the life course, how women are perceived as sexual objects and how in…
Dutch Peacekeepers and Host Environments in the Balkans
This article focuses on the ways in which Dutch peacekeepers in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2) in 1999-2000 perceived local populations and host countries.It analyses the tension between military combat socialization and peacekeeping missions through ethnographic fieldwork and by borrowing tools from tourism and expatriate theories.Derived from the 'tourist space' concept, soldiers construct a spurious 'peacekeeping space', which confirms thei…
Ethno-national boundaries and the gendered body
Boundaries crossing and blurring
This article applies the case of Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman who was convicted of aiding the enemy during wartime, in order to analyse how the ethno-national community is threatened by members it fails to control and fit into existing categories. The author argues that what makes an assumingly bright boundary so sensitive and problematic to cross is not its impenetrability but its actual vulnerability. The state tries to police uncertain citize…
Ethnic minorities and brothers in arms
Although the solidarity of brothers in arms is an important feature of the military, when it comes to ethnic minorities there is a pivotal paradox. On the one hand the military aims at drawing boundaries between soldiers and civilians by blurring existing ethnic and racial divisions inside the military. On the other hand the military is a highly national institution which prides itself on conservative values. Can these contradictions work? And ho…
Can Women Make a Difference? Female Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo
By using participant observation, this article analyses the participation of women in peacekeeping missions through the experience of Dutch female peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo in 1999–2000. Its argument is threefold. First, it argues that although peacekeeping is a relatively new military model it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mindset of gender roles. Therefore, women are limited in their ability to contribute to peace miss…
The Arab 'Uncertain Body' and Sojourner Passing in Israel
This article analyses the image of the Arab 'uncertain body' by introducing two theoretical tools: first, the practice of sojourner passing: that is, an abrupt and temporary event limited in space and time in order to gain access to sexual, financial or militarised goals; second, the uncertainty of the Muslim male body. In the Israeli context, the fear of the Arab 'uncertain body' manifests itself in two main ways: (1) the fear of Arab sojourner …
Hungry, Weary and Horny’
The aphorism used as the title of this article – ‘hungry, weary and horny’ – is frequently employed by Israeli soldiers to characterize their experience upon entering reserve duty. In its comic ton
Too Sweet and Innocent for War
Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article studies the experience of two Dutch peacekeeping units: the 'Grizzly' artillery battery that was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 (KFOR2) and the 'Bulldog' infantry company that was deployed to Bosnia in 2000 (SFOR8). By examining the units' experience from training through deployment, this article argues that the Dutch army is a threatened organization that suffers from a relatively low status in societ…
Dutch Peacekeepers and Host Environments in the Balkans
This article focuses on the ways in which Dutch peacekeepers in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2) in 1999-2000 perceived local populations and host countries.It analyses the tension between military combat socialization and peacekeeping missions through ethnographic fieldwork and by borrowing tools from tourism and expatriate theories.Derived from the 'tourist space' concept, soldiers construct a spurious 'peacekeeping space', which confirms thei…
Peacekeeping and the Gender Regime
This article addresses the issue of women participation in peacekeeping missions by focusing on two North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dutch peacekeeping units in Bosnia (SFOR8) and Kosovo (KFOR2). I argue that soldiers are ambivalent toward what is perceived the "feminine" aspects of peace missions. Although peacekeeping is a new military model, it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mind-set of gender roles. Therefore Dutch female s…
Can Women Make a Difference? Female Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo
By using participant observation, this article analyses the participation of women in peacekeeping missions through the experience of Dutch female peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo in 1999–2000. Its argument is threefold. First, it argues that although peacekeeping is a relatively new military model it reproduces the same traditional combat-oriented mindset of gender roles. Therefore, women are limited in their ability to contribute to peace miss…
Imagined Masculinity
This article explores how middle-class Jewish men on reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces form a 'proper' masculinity through humor and jokes. Reserve service creates a fruitful territory for researching four issues that have not been extensively studied in the literature on masculinities: the relation between gender and age, the periodic reaffirmation of masculinity along the life course, how women are perceived as sexual objects and how in…
Ethno-national boundaries and the gendered body
Boundaries crossing and blurring
This article applies the case of Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman who was convicted of aiding the enemy during wartime, in order to analyse how the ethno-national community is threatened by members it fails to control and fit into existing categories. The author argues that what makes an assumingly bright boundary so sensitive and problematic to cross is not its impenetrability but its actual vulnerability. The state tries to police uncertain citize…
Passing as hybrid
In this paper I examine how Arab-Palestinians who teach Arabic in Jewish schools appropriate performative identity strategies through passing as hybrid to gain inclusion into the schools. The paradox is that although these teachers are recruited specifically because they are Arabs, they are expected by teachers and students to conceal their Arabness. I argue that because of the ethno-national bright boundaries in Israel, which do not encourage in…
Ethnic minorities and brothers in arms
Although the solidarity of brothers in arms is an important feature of the military, when it comes to ethnic minorities there is a pivotal paradox. On the one hand the military aims at drawing boundaries between soldiers and civilians by blurring existing ethnic and racial divisions inside the military. On the other hand the military is a highly national institution which prides itself on conservative values. Can these contradictions work? And ho…
Innocent girls, wicked women
This paper examines how the state apparatus classifies who are the citizens to be symbolically included in the collective, and who are to be excluded by analysing interfaith marriages in the Israeli context, where ethno-national identity is society’s main category organizer. I argue that the women’s social-economic standing (working-class versus middle-class) and ethnic origin (Mizrahi Jews of Middle Eastern and North African ancestry versus Ashk…
The Arab 'Uncertain Body' and Sojourner Passing in Israel
This article analyses the image of the Arab 'uncertain body' by introducing two theoretical tools: first, the practice of sojourner passing: that is, an abrupt and temporary event limited in space and time in order to gain access to sexual, financial or militarised goals; second, the uncertainty of the Muslim male body. In the Israeli context, the fear of the Arab 'uncertain body' manifests itself in two main ways: (1) the fear of Arab sojourner …
Passing and telling
This article analyzes the public performance of Arabized soldiers in Israel, Mista'arvim , who pass as Palestinians in order to operate in Palestinian communities in the occupied territories and Israel. These undercover units whose operatives disguise themselves as Arabs to gather intelligence, infiltrate protests, rescue hostages, and engage in counterterrorism operations are a key element of Israel's control strategy, aimed at managing the Pale…
Constructing the Enemy
This article examines how Israeli combat soldiers’ war songs function as a cultural medium for constructing and performing enmity against Palestinians. Through an analysis of original, soldier-composed lyrics from the First and Second Intifadas, the study traces a shift from ambivalent depictions of Palestinians to open calls for their elimination. Drawing on Carl Schmitt’s Theory of political enmity, James Ron’s frontier/ghetto framework, and Ju…
Lyrics of Conflict
How does the cultural framing of war as an existential threat justify violence against the Palestinian Other? This article examines Israeli soldiers’ war songs as cultural performances through which enemy categories are produced, stabilized, and transformed. Drawing on performance theory and interaction ritual theory, songs are analyzed not as expressions of individual attitudes but as performative practices that generate collective emotions, est…
Teaching Jewish Studies in the Nordics
This roundtable offers a collaborative, multi-vocal forum on the topic of teaching Jewish Studies in the Nordic region, featuring contributions from scholars and instructors based in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Conceived as a reflective platform, it weaves together critical insights, pedagogical experiences, and institutional perspectives. Topics include national contexts, classroom practices, both conventional and experimental curricul…
From Lebanon to Gaza
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (7 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (5 works)