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

by: Lynn M. Thomas

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.4096762
EAN: 9780520235403
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0520235401
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 316
Publication Date: August 20, 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press

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Editorial Review:
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.

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