{"product_id":"politics-of-the-womb-lynn-thomas-9780520235403","title":"Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520235401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520235403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.39h x 6.40w x 1.19d","brand":"Lynn Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057319407871,"sku":"9780520235403","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c24a10f-be2d-41d4-951e-77743525b189.jpg?v=1685046292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-of-the-womb-lynn-thomas-9780520235403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}