Islamic art & patronage : treasures from Kuwait /
: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Islamic Art and Patronage : Treasures from Kuwait, a loan exhibition from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, organized by the Trust for Museums Exhibitions, Washington, D.C." -- title pages verso. : 316 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310) and index.
Papers presented to the first International Conference on Islamic Medicine celebrating the advent of the fifteenth century Hijri /
: "Under the auspices of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmed al-Sabah." : 509 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : wafaa.lib.
Male domination, female revolt : race, class, and gender in Kuwaiti women's fiction /
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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 tradition on race, class, and gender relations in Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf region in general. It argues that the selected texts portray the pre-oil generations of Kuwaiti/Arabian Gulf women-born before or in the first half of the twentieth century-as resistant and/or revolutionary figures, contrary to the common notion of their stereotypical passivity and submissiveness. This book demonstrates how Kuwaiti women writers have used literature to work for, and contribute to, social change.
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2005. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047442677 :
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