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9780520235403

Politics of the Womb

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520235403

  • ISBN10:

    0520235401

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

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 hierarchies and contributed to the construction of new ones that continue to influence the fraught politics of abortion, birth control, female genital cutting, and HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Author Biography

Lynn M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
Maps xv
INTRODUCTION I
1. IMPERIAL POPULATIONS AND "WOMEN'S AFFAIRS" 21(31)
2. COLONIAL UPLIFT AND GIRL-MIDWIVES 52(27)
3. MAU MAU AND THE GIRLS WHO "CIRCUMCISED THEMSELVES" 79(24)
4. LATE COLONIAL CUSTOMS AND WAYWARD SCHOOLGIRLS 103(32)
5. POSTCOLONIAL NATIONALISM AND "MODERN" SINGLE MOTHERS 135(38)
CONCLUSION 173(14)
Notes 187(48)
Bibliography 235(54)
Index 289

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