Lila Abu‐Lughod

13.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
75 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Lila Abu‐Lughod is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lila Abu‐Lughod has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Lila Abu‐Lughod's work include Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (20 papers), Islamic Studies and History (19 papers) and Middle East Politics and Society (12 papers). Lila Abu‐Lughod is often cited by papers focused on Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (20 papers), Islamic Studies and History (19 papers) and Middle East Politics and Society (12 papers). Lila Abu‐Lughod collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Lila Abu‐Lughod's co-authors include Rolf Herzog, Gabriele vom Bruck, Evelyn A. Early, Walter Armbrust, Paul Friedrich, Lidwien Kapteijns, Mary C. Wilson, Meyda Yeğenoğlu, Judith E. Tucker and Homa Hoodfar and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Lila Abu‐Lughod

65 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through Bedouin women
    1990 1.0k citations Lila Abu‐Lughod American Ethnologist profile →
  2. Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others
    2002 1.0k citations Lila Abu‐Lughod American Anthropologist profile →
  3. Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society
    1988 531 citations Lila Abu‐Lughod et al. Journal of American Folklore profile →
  4. Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
    2013 490 citations Lila Abu‐Lughod profile →
  5. Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society
    1987 447 citations Lila Abu‐Lughod et al. profile →
  6. Writing against Culture
    2008 397 citations Lila Abu‐Lughod profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lila Abu‐Lughod United States 29 3.8k 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 350 75 6.1k
Sherry B. Ortner United States 28 3.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 817 0.7× 454 1.3× 76 7.3k
Laurie J. Sears United States 6 3.7k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 721 0.6× 459 0.4× 548 1.6× 20 6.5k
Ann Laura Stoler United States 30 4.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.8× 580 0.5× 416 1.2× 76 7.9k
Achille Mbembé South Africa 29 4.7k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 410 0.3× 359 1.0× 114 8.0k
Saba Mahmood United States 21 3.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 761 0.6× 556 0.5× 173 0.5× 62 4.2k
David I. Kertzer United States 31 2.4k 0.6× 783 0.4× 788 0.6× 586 0.5× 698 2.0× 149 4.5k
Partha Chatterjee India 26 3.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 428 0.4× 329 0.9× 122 6.1k
Jeffrey C. Alexander United States 44 5.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 486 0.4× 434 0.4× 232 0.7× 209 7.8k
Homi Κ. Bhabha United States 20 3.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 432 0.4× 593 1.7× 69 7.1k
Mahmood Mamdani United States 34 4.8k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 433 0.4× 628 1.8× 115 7.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sukarieh, Mayssoun & Lila Abu‐Lughod. (2024). Introduction. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East. 44(3). 381–384. 1 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila, et al.. (2018). A Escrita contra a cultura. 5(8). 193–226. 6 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila, et al.. (2012). Transnational Politics and Feminist Inquiries in the Middle East: An Interview with Professor Lila Abu-Lughod. Postcolonial text. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2012). As mulheres muçulmanas precisam realmente de salvação?: reflexões antropológicas sobre o relativismo cultural e seus outros. Revista Estudos Feministas. 20(2). 451–470. 9 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2011). Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media. 13 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2008). Writing against Culture. 62–71. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2003). Melodrama egípcio: uma tecnologia do sujeito moderno?<A NAME="suptitulo"></A>. Cadernos Pagu. 75–102. 26 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2002). Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others. American Anthropologist. 104(3). 783–790. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2000). The Veil: Modesty, Privacy, Resistance. The Middle East Journal. 54(4). 672. 6 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (2000). Locating Ethnography. Ethnography. 1(2). 261–267. 24 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila & Walter Armbrust. (1998). Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 4(1). 173–173. 78 indexed citations
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Early, Evelyn A. & Lila Abu‐Lughod. (1996). Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 33. 221–221. 203 indexed citations
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Badran, Margot, Karen Offen, & Lila Abu‐Lughod. (1995). Letters. The Women s Review of Books. 12(9). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (1993). Islam and the Gendered Discourses of Death. International Journal Middle East Studies. 25(2). 187–205. 32 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (1993). Finding a Place for Islam: Egyptian Television Serials and the National Interest. Public Culture. 5(3). 493–513. 64 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Paul & Lila Abu‐Lughod. (1989). Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society. Anthropological Quarterly. 62(1). 41–41. 28 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila, et al.. (1988). Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society. Journal of American Folklore. 101(399). 117–117. 531 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (1985). A Community of Secrets: The Separate World of Bedouin Women. Signs. 10(4). 637–657. 63 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (1985). honor and the sentiments of loss in a Bedouin society. American Ethnologist. 12(2). 245–261. 52 indexed citations
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Abu‐Lughod, Lila. (1984). Change and Egyptian Bedouins. 8(1). 6–10. 3 indexed citations

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