Thomas, Lynn M.

Politics of the womb women, reproducti on, and the state in Kenya / [electronic resource] : Lynn M. Thomas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xiii, 300 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - ACLS Fellows’ publications. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.

Imperial populations and "women's affairs" -- Colonial uplift and gi rl-midwives -- Mau Mau and the girls who "circumcised themselves" -- La te colonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and "modern" single mothers.


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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2005.
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([A CLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of access: Intranet.
This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.






Women-- History.-- Kenya
Female circumcision-- History.-- Kenya
Women-- Social conditions.-- Kenya
Sex role-- Kenya.


Kenya-- Social conditions.