Thomas, Lynn M.

Politics of the womb women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya / [electronic resource] : Lynn M. Thomas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xiii, 300 p. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.

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.

0520224507 (Cloth : alk. paper) 0520235401 (Paper : alk. paper)

2002012586


Women--History.--Kenya
Female circumcision--History.--Kenya
Women--Social conditions.--Kenya
Sex role--Kenya.


Kenya--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HQ1796.5 / .T48 2003

305.4/096762