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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2003.
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| Serie: | ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1png1g |
Sommario:
- 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.