Lila Abu Lughod: 4 books

Book cover of Veiled Sentiments

Veiled Sentiments

Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society

by Lila Abu-Lughod
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

First published in 1986, Lila Abu-Lughod’s Veiled Sentiments has become a classic ethnography in the field of anthropology. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Abu-Lughod lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality,...
Book cover of Writing Women's Worlds

Writing Women's Worlds

Bedouin Stories

by Lila Abu-Lughod
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2008

Lila Abu-Lughod draws on anthropological and feminist insights to construct a critical ethnography of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community in Egypt. She explores how the telling of stories of everyday life challenges the power of anthropological theory to render adequately the lives of others and the way feminist theory appropriates Third World women.
Book cover of The Women, Gender and Development Reader
by Valentine Moghadam, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sarah White
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011

The Women, Gender and Development Reader II is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration,...
Book cover of Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
by Lila Abu-Lughod
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam. It offers a detailed, moving portrait of the actual experiences of ordinary Muslim women, and of the contingencies with which they live.
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy