03284nam 2200709Ia 450 991045027990332120210603235236.01-59734-818-X97866127627651-282-76276-10-520-93664-710.1525/9780520936645(CKB)1000000000006222(EBL)223588(OCoLC)475928506(SSID)ssj0000084683(PQKBManifestationID)11123704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084683(PQKBWorkID)10170330(PQKB)10202636(MiAaPQ)EBC223588(DE-B1597)519632(OCoLC)1099625120(DE-B1597)9780520936645(Au-PeEL)EBL223588(CaPaEBR)ebr10062327(CaONFJC)MIL276276(EXLCZ)99100000000000622220020806d2003 ub 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrPolitics of the womb[electronic resource] women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya /Lynn M. ThomasBerkeley University of California Pressc20031 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22450-7 0-520-23540-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.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 --IndexIn 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 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.WomenKenyaHistoryFemale circumcisionKenyaHistoryWomenKenyaSocial conditionsSex roleKenyaKenyaSocial conditionsElectronic books.WomenHistory.Female circumcisionHistory.WomenSocial conditions.Sex role305.4/096762Thomas Lynn M1008239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450279903321Politics of the womb2325117UNINA