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UNINA9911090451003321 |
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Autore |
Thomas Lynn M |
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Titolo |
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / / Lynn M. Thomas |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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9786612762765 |
9781597348188 |
159734818X |
9781282762763 |
1282762761 |
9780520936645 |
0520936647 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Kenya - History |
Female genital mutilation - Kenya - History |
Women - Kenya - Social conditions |
Sex role - Kenya |
Kenya Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List Of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Imperial Populations And "Women's Affairs" -- 2. Colonial Uplift And Girl-Midwives -- 3. Mau Mau And The Girls Who "Circumcised Themselves" -- 4. Late Colonial Customs And Wayward Schoolgirls -- 5. Postcolonial Nationalism And "Modern" Single Mothers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 initiation, abortion, childbirth, and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and |
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postcolonial power. This innovative book enriches the study of gender, reproduction, sexuality, and African history by revealing how reproductive controversies challenged long-standing social hierarchies and contributed to the construction of new ones that continue to influence the fraught politics of abortion, birth control, female genital cutting, and HIV/AIDS in Africa. |
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