Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2005.
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
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 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.