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9780520224506

Politics of the Womb

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520224506

  • ISBN10:

    0520224507

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

A superb work in gender studies, Politics of the Womb examines the history of reproductive politics in colonial and postcolonial Kenya, addressing issues from birth control and abortion to female genital cutting and AIDS. Her broadest argument is to show how regulating women's bodies is crucial to the state's moral authority.

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 1(20)
Imperial Populations and ``Women's Affairs''
21(31)
Colonial Uplift and Girl-Midwives
52(27)
Mau Mau and the Girls Who ``Circumcised Themselves''
79(24)
Late Colonial Customs and Wayward Schoolgirls
103(32)
Postcolonial Nationalism and ``Modern'' Single Mothers
135(38)
Conclusion 173(14)
Notes 187(48)
Bibliography 235(54)
Index 289

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