Thomas, Lynn M. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women-- History.-- Kenya<br/>Female circumcision-- History.-- Kenya<br/>Women-- Social conditions.-- Kenya<br/>Sex role-- Kenya.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kenya-- Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.4/096762