Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Keny a /
Thomas, Lynn M.
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Keny a / Lynn M. Thomas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xiii, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.
Imperial populations and women's affairs -- Colonial uplift and girl -midwives -- Mau Mau and the girls who circumcised themselves -- Late c olonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.
0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)
Women-- History.-- Kenya
Female circumcision-- History.-- Kenya
Women-- Social conditions.-- Kenya
Sex role-- Kenya.
Kenya-- Social conditions.
305.4/096762
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Keny a / Lynn M. Thomas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xiii, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.
Imperial populations and women's affairs -- Colonial uplift and girl -midwives -- Mau Mau and the girls who circumcised themselves -- Late c olonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.
0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)
Women-- History.-- Kenya
Female circumcision-- History.-- Kenya
Women-- Social conditions.-- Kenya
Sex role-- Kenya.
Kenya-- Social conditions.
305.4/096762