false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172257400m/154829.jpg 154829 3 In 1978 Lila Abu-Lughod climbed out of a dusty van to meet members of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community. Living in this Egyptian Bedouin settlement for extended periods during the following decade, Abu-Lughod took part in family life, with its moments of humor, affection, and anger. She witnessed striking changes, both cultural and economic, and she recorded the stories of the women. <i>Writing Women's Worlds</i> is Abu-Lughod's telling of those stories; it is also about what happens in bringing the stories to others.<br>As the new teller of these tales Abu-Lughod draws on anthropological and feminist insights to construct a critical ethnography. She explores how the telling of these stories challenges the power of anthropological theory to render adequately the lives of others and the way feminist theory appropriates Third World women. <i>Writing Women's Worlds</i> is thus at once a vivid set of stories and a study in the politics of representation. 571795 15 11 1993 Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories total:43|5:12|4:16|3:13|2:2|1:0| 43 167 78 5 5 0 false false Thu Jun 12 09:52:26 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 17:13:09 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:52:26 -0700 2008 Clifford Geertz, for example), her writing is specific in scope but should be required reading for all humans. It "overflows our analytical categories," to take her words.

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