Politics of the womb
Subtitle: women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya
By: Lynn M. Thomas.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Description: 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.