ISBN: 9780520224506

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 ramification… Mehr…

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. Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya Thomas, Lynn M., University of California Press<

2003, ISBN: 0520224507

[EAN: 9780520224506], Used, good, [PU: University of California Press], Social Science|Gender Studies, Social Science|Sociology|General, Social Science|Women's Studies, Ships from Reno, N… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780520224506], Used, good, [PU: University of California Press], Social Science|Gender Studies, Social Science|Sociology|General, Social Science|Women's Studies, Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.<

2003, ISBN: 9780520224506

Hardcover, Used, very good, 0520224507 Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light shelfwear, missing dust jacket and a publisher's mark to one edge-Nice!, [PU: University of California Press]

2003, ISBN: 9780520224506

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