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
Summary
Drawing on Marxist-feminist theory, this book examines womena (TM)s resistance to, and subversion of, patriarchal authority, as respresented in Kuwaiti womena (TM)s fiction. It demonstrates that Kuwaiti/Arabian Gulf women are not as submissive as commonly (mis)represented in academia and the media
