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romance of resistance: a standalone construct

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Cultural anthropology

a warning by Abu-Lughod against celebrating every act of resistance, proposing instead to read resistance as a sign of the forms of power at work.

In cultural anthropology, romance of resistance refers to a warning by Abu-Lughod against celebrating every act of resistance, proposing instead to read resistance as a sign of the forms of power at work. This meaning comes from ABU‐LUGHOD (1990) in American Ethnologist.[1]

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Abu‐Lughod, L. (1990). the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through Bedouin women. American Ethnologist, 17(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1525/ae.1990.17.1.02a00030

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