Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
- Thomas, Lynn M
- Date:
- [2003], ©2003
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Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003], ©2003.
Physical description
xiii, 300 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2005. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellows’ Publications]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.