Politics of the Womb

By examining the political significance of reproductive controversies in 20th 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.

המשפט הראשון: During the last few months of 1929, thousands of African young men and women gathered on mission stations and school grounds in colonial central Kenya to perform a dance-song called the Muthirigu.

שנה

2002

שפה

English

הוצאה

University of California Press

מהדורות

4

עמודים

316

ISBN

9780520235403

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