Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya /

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 ini...

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প্রধান লেখক: Thomas, Lynn M. (Author)
বিন্যাস: Licensed eBooks
ভাষা:ইংরেজি
প্রকাশিত: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2003.
মালা:ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1png1g
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
  • 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.