BookAn uncertain age : the politics of manhood in Kenya
Personal name
Main title
- An uncertain age : the politics of manhood in Kenya / Paul Ocobock.
Published/Produced
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2017]
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Description
- xi, 356 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9780821422632 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780821422649 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780821445983 (pdf)
LC classification
- DT433.575 .O26 2017
Contents
- An "arbitrary line" : male initiation and colonial authority -- "I wanted to make something of myself" : migration, wage labor, and earning an age -- "I saw a paradise" : growing up on the streets of a colonial city -- "The old way...the only way" : corporal punishment and a community of disciplinarians -- "Jaili Watoto," the children's jail : reforming the young male offender -- "In the past, the country belonged to the young men" : freedom fighting at an uncertain age -- "We're the Wamumu boys" : defeating Mau Mau, creating youth at the end of empire -- "An army without guns" : the National Youth Service and age in Kenyatta's Kenya -- Conclusion : #gocutmyhusband.
LC Subjects
- Coming of age--Kenya--History--20th century.
- Masculinity--Political aspects--Kenya--History--20th century.
- Young men--Kenya--Social conditions--20th century.
- Conflict of generations--Kenya--History--20th century.
- Kenya--Social conditions--20th century.
- Kenya--Colonial influence.
- Kenya--Politics and government--To 1963.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-347) and index.
Series
- New African histories
- New African histories series.
LCCN
- 2017001261
Dewey class no.
- 967.6203
Geographic area code
- f-ke---
Type of material
- Book
Content type
- text
Media type
- unmediated
Carrier type
- volume
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