Background
Arlene Stein was born on March 18, 1959, in New York, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Lawrence and Pearl Stein.
Amherst, MA 01002, United States
In 1980 Arlene Stein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College.
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
In 1985 Arlene Stein obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1993 Stein gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from that university.
Arlene Stein
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Arlene Stein
(This collection of essays illustrates both the vitality a...)
This collection of essays illustrates both the vitality and the variety within the lesbian community, with topics such as the politics of butch-femme identity, lesbian pop music stars, and class differences in the lesbian community.
https://www.amazon.com/Arlene-Stein/dp/0452268877/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sisters%2C+Sexperts%2C+Queers%3A+Beyond+the+Lesbian+Nation&qid=1591276574&s=books&sr=1-1
1993
(Sex and Sensibility relates the development of a "queer" ...)
Sex and Sensibility relates the development of a "queer" sensibility in the 1990s to the foundation laid by the gay rights and feminist movements a generation earlier. Beginning with the stories of thirty women who came of age at the climax of the 70s women's movement - many of whom defined lesbianism as a form of resistance to dominant gender and sexual norms - Stein explores the complex issues of identity that these women confronted as they discovered who they were and defined themselves in relation to their communities and to society at large.
https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Sensibility-Arlene-Stein/dp/0520206746/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sex+and+Sensibility%3A+Stories+of+a+Lesbian+Generation&qid=1591276762&s=books&sr=1-1
1997
(In The Stranger Next Door, Alrene Stein explores how a sm...)
In The Stranger Next Door, Alrene Stein explores how a small community with a declining industrial economy became the site of a bitter battle over gay rights. Fearing job loss and a feeling of being left behind, one Oregon town’s working-class residents allied with religious conservatives to deny the civil liberties of queer men and women. In a book that combines strong on-the-ground research and lucid analysis with a novelist’s imaginative sympathy, Stein’s exploration of how fear and uncertainty can cause citizens to shift blame onto "strangers" provides insight into the challenges the country faces in the age of Trump.
https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Next-Door-Communitys-Battle/dp/0807079537/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Stranger+Next+Door%3A+The+Story+of+a+Small+Community%E2%80%99s+Battle+Over+Sex%2C+Faith%2C+and+Civil+Rights&qid=1591277171&s=books&sr=1-1
2001
(The essays included here reflect differences in race, gen...)
The essays included here reflect differences in race, gender and class and demonstrate how different social groups experience different sets of social norms. Topics include gender and sex theory, identity, childhood and adolescent sexuality, the objectification of women, sexuality and religion, leisure and recreation, politics and social change and the possible future of sexual relationships.
https://www.amazon.com/Sexuality-Gender-Christine-L-Williams/dp/0631222723/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=Sexuality+and+Gender+Arlene+Stein&qid=1591277526&s=books&sr=1-6
2002
(Shame, a powerful emotion, leads individuals to feel vuln...)
Shame, a powerful emotion, leads individuals to feel vulnerable, victimized, rejected. In Shameless, noted scholar and writer Arlene Stein explores American culture's attitudes toward shame and sexuality. Some say that we live in a world without shame. But American culture is a curious mix of the shameless and the shamers, a seemingly endless parade of Pamela Andersons and Jerry Falwells strutting their stuff and wagging their fingers. With thoughtful analysis and wit, Shameless analyzes these clashing visions of sexual morality. While conservatives have brought back sexual shame - by pushing for abstinence-only sex education, limitations on abortion, and prohibitions of gay/lesbian civil rights - progressives hold out for sexual liberalization and society beyond "the closet." As these two Americas compete with one another, the future of family life, the right to privacy, and the very meaning of morality hang in the balance.
https://www.amazon.com/Shameless-Sexual-Dissidence-American-Culture/dp/0814740278/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Shameless%3A+Sexual+Dissidence+in+American+Culture+Arlene+Stein&qid=1591277681&s=books&sr=1-1
2006
(Today, the Holocaust is widely recognized as a universal ...)
Today, the Holocaust is widely recognized as a universal moral touchstone. In Reluctant Witnesses, sociologist Arlene Stein - herself the daughter of a Holocaust survivor - mixes memoir, history, and sociological analysis to tell the story of the rise of Holocaust consciousness in the United States from the perspective of survivors and their descendants. If survivors tended to see Holocaust storytelling as mainly a private affair, their children - who reached adulthood during the heyday of identity politics - reclaimed their hidden family histories and transformed them into public stories.
https://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Witnesses-Survivors-Holocaust-Consciousness-ebook/dp/B00MABYJ36/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Reluctant+Witnesses%3A+Survivors%2C+Their+Children%2C+and+the+Rise+of+Holocaust+Consciousness+Arlene+Stein&qid=1591278342&s=books&sr=1-1
2014
(At a time when policy discussions are dominated by "I fee...)
At a time when policy discussions are dominated by "I feel" instead of "I know," it is more important than ever for social scientists to make themselves heard. When those who possess in-depth training and expertise are excluded from public debates about pressing social issues - such as climate change, the prison system, or healthcare - vested interests can sway public opinion in uninformed ways. Yet few graduate students, researchers, or faculty know how to do this kind of work - or feel empowered to do it. While there has been an increasing call for social scientists to engage more broadly with the public, concrete advice for starting the conversation has been in short supply. Arlene Stein and Jessie Daniels seek to change this with Going Public, the first guide that truly explains how to be a public scholar. They offer guidance on writing beyond the academy, including how to get started with op-eds and articles and later how to write books that appeal to general audiences. They then turn to the digital realm with strategies for successfully building an online presence, cultivating an audience, and navigating the unique challenges of digital world. They also address some of the challenges facing those who go public, including the pervasive view that anything less than scholarly writing isn’t serious and the stigma that one’s work might be dubbed "journalistic."
https://www.amazon.com/Going-Public-Scientists-Chicago-Publishing/dp/022636478X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Going+Public%3A+A+Guide+for+Social+Scientists+Arlene+Stein&qid=1591278901&s=books&sr=1-1
2017
(This new anthology brings together over 90 recent reading...)
This new anthology brings together over 90 recent readings on gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships from Contexts, the award-winning magazine published by the ASA. Each contributor is a contemporary sociologist writing in the clear, concise, and jargon-free style that has made Contexts the "public face" of sociology. The editors have chosen pieces that are timely, thought-provoking, and especially suitable for classroom use; written introductions that frame each of the books three main sections; and provided questions for discussion.
https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Sexuality-Intimacy-Contexts-Reader/dp/1506352316/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Gender%2C+Sexuality%2C+and+Intimacy%3A+A+Contexts+Reader&qid=1591279956&s=books&sr=1-1
2017
(Award-winning sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the ...)
Award-winning sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the lives of four strangers who find themselves together in a sun-drenched surgeon’s office, having traveled to Florida from across the United States in order to masculinize their chests. Ben, Lucas, Parker, and Nadia wish to feel more comfortable in their bodies; three of them are also taking testosterone so that others recognize them as male. Following them over the course of a year, Stein shows how members of this young transgender generation, along with other gender dissidents, are refashioning their identities and challenging others’ conceptions of who they are. During a time of conservative resurgence, they do so despite great personal costs.
https://www.amazon.com/Arlene-Stein/dp/1101972491/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Unbound%3A+Transgender+Men+and+the+Remaking+of+Identity&qid=1591280585&s=books&sr=1-1
2018
Arlene Stein was born on March 18, 1959, in New York, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Lawrence and Pearl Stein.
In 1980 Arlene Stein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College. In 1985 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1993 Stein gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from that university.
From 1993 to 1994 Arlene Stein was a lecturer at the University of Essex. From 1994 to 2000 she worked as an assistant professor at the University of Oregon. From 2000 to 2001 Stein served as an associate professor at the University of Oregon. From 2001 to 2011 she was an associate professor at Rutgers University and has been a professor there since 2011.
Arlene Stein’s research focuses on the intersection of gender, sexuality, culture, and politics. She is the author or editor of several books, including Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity (2018). Stein is also the author of The Stranger Next Door, an ethnography of a Christian conservative campaign against lesbian/gay rights, which explores clashing understandings of religion and sexuality in American culture; it received the Ruth Benedict Book Award.
Her book Sex and Sensibility examines generational shifts in lesbian identities. Reluctant Witnesses: Survivors, Descendants, and the Rise of Holocaust Consciousness (2014), looks at how children of survivors became narrators of their parents’ stories of genocide. Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists (J. Daniels, coauthor), is a guidebook for publicly engaged scholars.
(Award-winning sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the ...)
2018(This collection of essays illustrates both the vitality a...)
1993(This new anthology brings together over 90 recent reading...)
2017(Sex and Sensibility relates the development of a "queer" ...)
1997(At a time when policy discussions are dominated by "I fee...)
2017(In The Stranger Next Door, Alrene Stein explores how a sm...)
2001(The essays included here reflect differences in race, gen...)
2002(Shame, a powerful emotion, leads individuals to feel vuln...)
2006(Today, the Holocaust is widely recognized as a universal ...)
2014In the interview on the question "In some ways, your opinions shine through in your writing – you obviously support trans rights, for example. In other cases, especially where there is disagreement within the trans community, I thought you did good job presenting both sides of an issue. Were there any issues you felt strongly about and intentionally worked to present without judgment?" Arlene Stein told: "My worldview was formed in relation to second-wave feminism. I came of age believing that gender is something that is imposed upon us by teachers, families, advertising, and so forth. That’s true, in part. But while researching this book [Unbound] I also learned that many people see their gender identities as an intrinsic part of who "they are." That insight challenged me. The book explores the tension between my own feminist "social constructionist" position and the opinions of my subjects, which often reflected a very different understanding of the world. I wanted to write about these differences in ways that could be illuminating and fruitful, rather than divide people up into enemy camps. Particularly at this time in our history, I think we need to be able to speak across differences."
The idea that lesbians are not a monolithic group is outlined in Stein’s book Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation. In it, she reports on interviews conducted with thirty-one lesbian-identified baby boomers and ten women born between 1961 and 1971 in an attempt to define what the term “lesbian” means to them. Their responses typify the divisions which have developed among lesbian women. Some, like the feminist-identified lesbians of the 1970s, see their sexual preference as an essential part of their natures and feel the need to separate themselves into lesbian communities for political strength. Others feel that sexual desire is fluid and at times express it with men as well as women. At the core of Stein’s book is the question of how both individual desire and social expectations contribute to the formation of identity.
Stein’s The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community’s Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights, is a case study in America’s culture wars over gay and lesbian rights. Using personal observation, media analysis, and extensive interviews with town residents, Stein constructs a complex picture of how the town reacted to the controversy. Using the sociological methodology, she connects the conservative backlash against homosexuals, who had been neither militant nor particularly visible in the community, partly to a downturn in the timber industry in the 1980s and to the outside intervention of conservative Christian groups.
Arlene Stein is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Arlene Stein is a lesbian.
Arlene Stein has a life partner, Nancy C. Solomon. They have a son, Lewis Solomon-Stein.