LEADER 03284nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910450279903321 005 20210603235236.0 010 $a1-59734-818-X 010 $a9786612762765 010 $a1-282-76276-1 010 $a0-520-93664-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520936645 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006222 035 $a(EBL)223588 035 $a(OCoLC)475928506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084683 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084683 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170330 035 $a(PQKB)10202636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223588 035 $a(DE-B1597)519632 035 $a(OCoLC)1099625120 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520936645 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062327 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276276 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006222 100 $a20020806d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitics of the womb$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, reproduction, and the state in Kenya /$fLynn M. Thomas 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-22450-7 311 0 $a0-520-23540-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tList Of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. Imperial Populations And "Women's Affairs" --$t2. Colonial Uplift And Girl-Midwives --$t3. Mau Mau And The Girls Who "Circumcised Themselves" --$t4. Late Colonial Customs And Wayward Schoolgirls --$t5. Postcolonial Nationalism And "Modern" Single Mothers --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aWomen$zKenya$xHistory 606 $aFemale circumcision$zKenya$xHistory 606 $aWomen$zKenya$xSocial conditions 606 $aSex role$zKenya 607 $aKenya$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 615 0$aFemale circumcision$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSex role 676 $a305.4/096762 700 $aThomas$b Lynn M$01008239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450279903321 996 $aPolitics of the womb$92325117 997 $aUNINA