ISBN:
9789004167797
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 165 S.
Series Statement:
Women and gender - the Middle East and the Islamic World 8
Series Statement:
Woman and gender
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: Edinburgh, Univ., Diss., 2005
DDC:
892.7/36099287095367
Keywords:
Arabic fiction History and criticism
;
Arabic fiction Women authors
;
History and criticism
;
Arabic fiction History and criticism 20th century
;
Women in literature
;
Race in literature
;
Social classes in literature
;
Sex role in literature
;
Patriarchy in literature
;
Arabic fiction History and criticism
;
Kuwait
;
Arabic fiction Women authors
;
History and criticism
;
Arabic fiction History and criticism
;
20th century
;
Women in literature
;
Race in literature
;
Social classes in literature
;
Sex role in literature
;
Patriarchy in literature
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Kuwait
;
Arabisch
;
Frauenliteratur
;
Geschlechterverhältnis
Abstract:
Modern Arabic fiction in Kuwait : emergence and development -- The Kuwaiti female literary tradition : an overview -- Male domination, female fury in Kuwaiti women's short stories -- Subverting patriarchy : women's defiance and solidarity in Laylā al-'Uthmān's Wasmiyya takhruj min al-bahạr -- Race, class, war, and gender in Ṭayyiba al-Ibrāhīm's Mudhakkirāt khādim -- Culture and gender : sexuality, femininity, and identity in Fawziyya S. al-Sālim's Muzūn
Description / Table of Contents:
Modern Arabic fiction in Kuwait : emergence and development -- The Kuwaiti female literary tradition : an overview -- Male domination, female fury in Kuwaiti women's short stories -- Subverting patriarchy : women's defiance and solidarity in Layla al-'Uthman's Wasmiyya takhruj min al-bahar -- Race, class, war, and gender in Tayyiba al-Ibrahim's Mudhakkirat khadim -- Culture and gender : sexuality, femininity, and identity in Fawziyya S. al-Salim's Muzun.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2005. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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