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The author 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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abu-Lughod, Lila
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Language Notes:Some poems and songs in Arabic with English translations.
Published: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, [2008]
Edition:15th anniversary ed.
Subjects:
Muslim women > Egypt > Social conditions.
Women, Bedouin > Egypt.
Women, Bedouin > Egypt > Social conditions.
Ethnology > Egypt > Biographical methods.
Ethnology > Biographical methods.
Muslim women > Social conditions.
Women, Bedouin.
Egypt.
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Summary:The author 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.
Item Description:Previous edition: 1993.
Physical Description:xxxvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267).
ISBN:9780520256514
0520256514