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Lila Abu-Lughod

Anthropology

Lila Abu-Lughod is an American anthropologist and the Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. She specializes in ethnographic research in the Arab world, and her seven books cover topics including sentiment and poetry, nationalism and media, gender politics, and the politics of memory.

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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1952-10-21 1
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1952 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Champaign, Illinois, U.S. 1
Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Ethnographic work on gender, sentiment and cultural expression among Bedouin and other Arab communities, extended into a widely read critique of Western narratives that cast Muslim women as needing rescue. 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
Do Muslim Women Need Saving? (2013) 1
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1. Lila Abu-Lughod (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • infobox: born
    October 21, 1952
  • lead section: nationality
    is an American anthropologist
  • body section: Do Muslim Women Need Saving
    investigates the image of Muslim women in Western society
  • infobox: born (place)
    Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
  • body section: Do Muslim Women Need Saving (summary)
    investigates the image of Muslim women in Western society
  • body section: Do Muslim Women Need Saving (book title)
    Her 2013 book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving? investigates the image of Muslim women in Western society.
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