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Trivial pursuits or serious sociology?

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  1. Department of Sociology, The Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, 65 Fifth Avenue, 10003, New York, New York

    Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod

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Abu-Lughod, J.L. Trivial pursuits or serious sociology?. Sociol Forum 6, 195–203 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01112735

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