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Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya

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Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya
Author: Thomas, Lynn
Subjects: Circumcision ; Female circumcision ; Gender roles ; History ; Infibulation ; Kenya ; Kenya - Social conditions ; Reproductive health ; Sex role ; Social conditions ; State ; Women
Description: 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.
Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press
Creation Date: 2003
Format: 316
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 0520224507
ISBN: 9780520224506
ISBN: 9780520235403
ISBN: 0520235401
EISBN: 9780520936645
EISBN: 0520936647
OCLC: 475928506
LCCallNum: HQ1796.5 .T48 2003
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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