Thomas, Lynn M. <br/><br/>
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. 
<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 colonial 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>LCCN: </label>2002012586 
<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>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1796.5  / .T48 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.4/096762