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Author:
Thomas, Lynn M.
Title:
Politics of the womb : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
xiii, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Women--Kenya--History.
Female circumcision--Kenya--History.
Women--Kenya--Social conditions.
Sex role--Kenya.
Kenya--Social conditions.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
9780520235403 (Paper : alk. paper)
0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)
9780520224506 (Cloth : alk. paper)
0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50339429
LCCN:
2002012586
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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