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

  • Thomas, Lynn M.
Date:
[2003], ©2003
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Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

xiii, 300 pages ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.

Contents

Imperial populations and women's affairs -- Colonial uplift and girl-midwives -- Mau Mau and the girls who circumcised themselves -- Late colonial customs and wayward schoolgirls -- Postcolonial nationalism and modern single mothers.

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    History of Medicine
    UA.1759
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  • 0520224507
  • 0520235401