ISBN:
9780226895079
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (301 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Comforts of Home : Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi
DDC:
306.74/2/0967625
Keywords:
Kenya ; Colonial influence
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Kenya ; Social conditions
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Prostitution ; Kenya ; Nairobi ; History
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Women ; Kenya ; Social conditions
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Working class women ; Kenya ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
""This history is . . . the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written sources, it is a remarkable achievement.""-Claire Robertson, International Journal of African Historical Studies ""White's book . . . takes a unique approach to a largely unexplored aspect of African History. It enhances our understanding of African social history, political economy, and gender studies. It is a book that deserves to be widely read.""-Elizabeth Schmidt, American Histo
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; A Note on Currencies; Introduction: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective; or, Casual Sex and Casual Labor; Livestock, Labor, and Reproduction: Prostitution in Nairobi and the East African Protectorate, ca. 1900-1918; Prostitution and Housing in Nairobi, 1919-29; Malaya Prostitution, 1930-39; Prostitution, Production, and Accumulation: The Originsand Development of the Wazi-Wazi Form in Pumwani,1936-45; Constructing Classes: Gender, Housing, and theState in Kenya; Prostitution in Nairobi during World War II, 1939-45
Description / Table of Contents:
Prostitution, Crime, and Politics in Nairobi, 1946-63Women, Wage Labor, and the Limits of Colonial Control; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record