TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Lynn M. TI - Politics of the womb: women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya SN - 0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) AV - HQ1796.5 .T48 2003 U1 - 305.4/096762 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Women KW - Kenya KW - History KW - Female circumcision KW - Social conditions KW - Sex role N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2002012586.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2002012586.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002012586.html ER -