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3. Mau Mau And The Girls Who “Circumcised Themselves”

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. List Of Abbreviations xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Imperial Populations And “Women’S Affairs” 21
  7. 2. Colonial Uplift And Girl-Midwives 52
  8. 3. Mau Mau And The Girls Who “Circumcised Themselves” 79
  9. 4. Late Colonial Customs And Wayward Schoolgirls 103
  10. 5. Postcolonial Nationalism And “Modern” Single Mothers 135
  11. Conclusion 173
  12. Notes 187
  13. Bibliography 235
  14. Index 289
Politics of the Womb
This chapter is in the book Politics of the Womb
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520936645-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. List Of Abbreviations xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Imperial Populations And “Women’S Affairs” 21
  7. 2. Colonial Uplift And Girl-Midwives 52
  8. 3. Mau Mau And The Girls Who “Circumcised Themselves” 79
  9. 4. Late Colonial Customs And Wayward Schoolgirls 103
  10. 5. Postcolonial Nationalism And “Modern” Single Mothers 135
  11. Conclusion 173
  12. Notes 187
  13. Bibliography 235
  14. Index 289
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