Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya /

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In more than a metaphorical sense, the womb has proven to be an important site of political struggle in and about Africa. By examining the political significance--and complex ramifications--of reproductive controversies in twentieth-century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female ini...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Thomas, Lynn M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Collection:ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Sujets:
Women > Kenya > History.
Female genital mutilation > Kenya > History.
Women > Kenya > Social conditions.
Sex role > Kenya.
Femmes > Kenya > Histoire.
Femmes > Kenya > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > Kenya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Female circumcision
Sex role
Social conditions
Women
Women > Social conditions
Kenya > Social conditions.
Kenya > Conditions sociales.
Kenya
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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