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200 10$aPolitics of the womb $ewomen, reproduction, and the state in Kenya /$fLynn M. Thomas
205   $a1st ed.
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 
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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   $aIn more than a metaphorical sense, the womb has proven to be an important site of political struggle in and about Africa. By examining the political significance-and complex ramifications-of reproductive controversies in twentieth-century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth, and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power. This innovative book enriches the study of gender, reproduction, sexuality, and African history by revealing how reproductive controversies challenged long-standing social hierarchies and contributed to the construction of new ones that continue to influence the fraught politics of abortion, birth control, female genital cutting, and HIV/AIDS in Africa.
410  0$aACLS Fellows? publications.
606   $aWomen$zKenya$xHistory
606   $aFemale genital mutilation$zKenya$xHistory
606   $aWomen$zKenya$xSocial conditions
606   $aSex role$zKenya
607   $aKenya$xSocial conditions
610   $a20th century.
610   $aabortion.
610   $aafrica.
610   $aafrican history.
610   $aanthropology sociology.
610   $aanthropology.
610   $abirth control.
610   $achildbirth.
610   $acolonialism.
610   $afemale initiation.
610   $agender studies.
610   $agenital mutilation.
610   $ahiv aids.
610   $akenya.
610   $akenyan politics.
610   $anonfiction.
610   $apolitical perspective.
610   $apolitical power.
610   $apolitical struggles.
610   $apostcolonial power.
610   $apremarital pregnancy.
610   $areproduction.
610   $areproductive controversies.
610   $areproductive rights.
610   $areproductive studies.
610   $asexuality.
610   $asocial hierarchies.
610   $awomen.
610   $awomens rights.
615  0$aWomen$xHistory.
615  0$aFemale genital mutilation$xHistory.
615  0$aWomen$xSocial conditions.
615  0$aSex role
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