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Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / / Lynn M. Thomas



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Autore: Thomas Lynn M Visualizza persona
Titolo: Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / / Lynn M. Thomas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
Disciplina: 305.4/096762
Soggetto topico: Women - Kenya - History
Female genital mutilation - Kenya - History
Women - Kenya - Social conditions
Sex role - Kenya
Soggetto geografico: Kenya Social conditions
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century
abortion
africa
african history
anthropology sociology
anthropology
birth control
childbirth
colonialism
female initiation
gender studies
genital mutilation
hiv aids
kenya
kenyan politics
nonfiction
political perspective
political power
political struggles
postcolonial power
premarital pregnancy
reproduction
reproductive controversies
reproductive rights
reproductive studies
sexuality
social hierarchies
women
womens rights
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Politics of the womb  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59734-818-X
9786612762765
1-282-76276-1
0-520-93664-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996248024103316
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Serie: ACLS Fellows’ publications.