Male domination, female revolt : race, class, and gender in Kuwaiti women's fiction /

Male domination, female revolt : race, class, and gender in Kuwaiti women's fiction /

This book investigates various forms of women's resistance to male domination, as represented in Kuwaiti women's fiction. Drawing on Marxist-feminist literary theory, it closely analyses selected texts (published between 1953 and 2000), which reflect the effects of patriarchal culture and...

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Main Author: Tijani, Ishaq.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World 8.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223042.

Subjects:

Arabische Literatur > Motiv > Frau und Mann.
Arabische Literatur > Motiv > Rasse.
Arabische Literatur > Kuwait > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Frau und Mann > Motiv > Arabische Literatur.
Frauenliteratur
Frauenliteratur > arabische > Kuwait > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Geschlechterrolle (Motiv)
Rasse (Motiv)
Rasse > Motiv > Arabische Literatur.
Soziale Klasse (Motiv)
Arabic fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Arabic fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Arabic fiction > Kuwait > History and criticism.
Patriarchy in literature.
Race in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Women in literature.
Arabisch
Kuwait

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Call Number: PJ8002.4 .T55 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. Modern Arabic Fiction In Kuwait: Emergence And Development /
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  • Chapter Two. The Kuwaiti Female Literary Tradition: An Overview /
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  • Chapter Three. Male Domination, Female Fury In Kuwaiti Women'S Short Stories /
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  • Chapter Four. Subverting Patriarchy: Women'S Defiance And Solidarity In Laylā Al-'Uthmān'S Wasmiyya Takhruj Min Al-Baḥr /
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  • Chapter Five. Race, Class, War, And Gender In Ṭayyiba Al-Ibrāhīm'S Mudhakkirāt Khādim /
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  • Chapter Six. Culture And Gender: Sexuality, Femininity, And Identity In Fawziyya S. Al-Sālim'S Muzūn /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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