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Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
Author
Thomas, Lynn M.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Description
xiii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Gender & Sexuality Studies Research Collection
HQ1796.5 .T48 2003
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Subject(s)
Women
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Kenya
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History
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Female genital mutilation
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Kenya
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History
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Women
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Kenya
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Social conditions
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Sex role
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Kenya
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Feminism
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Politics, Practical
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Kenya
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Social conditions
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Homosaurus term(s)
Women
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Gender identity
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Clitoridectomy
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Female genital mutilation
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Intersex genital mutilation
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Gender roles
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Role behavior
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Summary note
By examining the political significance of reproductive controversies in 20th century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-287) and index.
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.
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ISBN
0520224507 ((Cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780520224506 ((Cloth ; : alk. paper))
0520235401 ((Paper ; : alk. paper))
9780520235403 ((Paper ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2002012586
OCLC
50339429
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Politics of the womb [electronic resource] : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
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Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
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