Male Domination, Female Revolt

Race, Class, and Gender in Kuwaiti Women's Fiction

Bibliographic Data

ID23527992
AuthorsIshaq Tijani
Year2009
Pages166
Publication date2009-07-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMale domination, female revolt (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004167797.i-165
OpenAlexW620787671
Open LibraryOL23224173M
ISBN9789004167797
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

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.

Art · Feminism · Gender relations · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Socioeconomic Development in MENA · 20th century · Arabic fiction · Arabic literature · History and criticism · Kuwait · Patriarchy in literature · Race in literature · Sex role in literature · Social classes in literature · Women authors · Women in literature

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