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 Fellowsâ 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.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2005. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellowsâ Publications]) ([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.