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Gendered repertoires of contention: women’s resistance, authoritarian state formation, and land grabbing in Cambodia

Amid a surge of “land grabbing” in Cambodia, women from across the country have led and sustained public protests to reclaim their lands. In this article, Saba Joshi studies the routines and performances of poor women’s collective action against the state and outlines four distinct types of “repertoires of contention” used by women in their protests: strategic positioning, anti-politics, self-sacrifice, and solidarity.

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