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Author Thomas, Lynn M.

Title Politics of the womb [electronic resource] : women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / Lynn M. Thomas.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 300 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2005. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellows' Publications]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject Women -- Kenya -- History.
Female circumcision -- Kenya -- History.
Women -- Kenya -- Social conditions.
Kenya -- Social conditions.
Sex role -- Kenya.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 0520224507
0520235401
Standard No. 2027/heb02668 hdl

 
    
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