Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 300 p)
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maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520235401
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0520224507
Content:
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 initiation, abortion, childbirth, and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power. This innovative book enriches the study of gender, reproduction, sexuality, and African history by revealing how reproductive controversies challenged long-standing social hier
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Maps; INTRODUCTION; 1. IMPERIAL POPULATIONS AND "WOMEN'S AFFAIRS"; 2. COLONIAL UPLIFT AND GIRL-MIDWIVES; 3. MAU MAU AND THE GIRLS WHO "CIRCUMCISED THEMSELVES"; 4. LATE COLONIAL CUSTOMS AND WAYWARD SCHOOLGIRLS; 5. POSTCOLONIAL NATIONALISM AND "MODERN" SINGLE MOTHERS; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520235403
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Politics of the Womb : Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya
Language:
English
