Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
- Thomas, Lynn M.
- Date:
- [2003], ©2003
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003], ©2003.
Physical description
xiii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Imperial populations and women's affairs -- Colonial uplift and girl-midwives -- Mau Mau and the girls who circumcised themselves -- Late colonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineUA.1759Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0520224507
- 0520235401