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Politics of the Womb
ISBN-13:
9780520936645
Veröffentl:
2003
Seiten:
316
Autor:
Lynn Thomas
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsMapsIntroduction1. Imperial Populations and "Women's Affairs"2. Colonial Uplift and Girl-Midwives3. Mau Mau and the Girls who "Circumcised Themselves"4. Late Colonial Customs and Wayward Schoolgirls5. Postcolonial Nationalism and "Modern" Single MothersConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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