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Veiled sentimentsBook 1986 • Abu-Lughod, Lila
Libyan Bedouin • Africa > Northern Africa
Abu-Lughod examines two contrary discourses in Bedouin society. One discourse is the code of honor which supports the patriarchal and patrilineal system of the Bedouin. Women and young men practice voluntary deference, or HASHAM, to more powerful mal...Shifting politics in Bedouin love poetryessay 1990 • Abu-Lughod, Lila
Libyan Bedouin • Africa > Northern Africa
In this article Abu-Lughod critiques studies that treat emotions as sui generis and dissociated from their social context, by showing how Bedouin love poetry has changed with changes in the political economy. Love poetry has been a legitimate form of...Writing women's worldsBook 1993 • Abu-Lughod, Lila
Libyan Bedouin • Africa > Northern Africa
In what she calls 'writing against culture,' Abu-Lughod has written an ethnography that preserves the voice of the Bedouin women with whom she lived. She has transcribed hours of women's conversations and organized the material around five major subj...