Politics of the womb :
Thomas, Lynn M.
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / 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 colonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.
0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)
2002012586
Women--History.--Kenya
Female circumcision--History.--Kenya
Women--Social conditions.--Kenya
Sex role--Kenya.
Kenya--Social conditions.
HQ1796.5 / .T48 2003
305.4/096762
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / 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 colonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.
0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)
2002012586
Women--History.--Kenya
Female circumcision--History.--Kenya
Women--Social conditions.--Kenya
Sex role--Kenya.
Kenya--Social conditions.
HQ1796.5 / .T48 2003
305.4/096762