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The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi
"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 Historical Review
Customer Reviews:
Still state-of-the-art African history after 10 years.
By A Customer - November 2, 1999"The Comforts of Home" is a major work on Africa by any standard. By analyzing "prostitution" as domestic labor & tying it to urban history, White breaks new ground, avoiding the moralizing outlooks common to many studies of the subject. The book also displays the value of Africanists' interdisciplinary approach to history, especially in using evidence, not least because of her remarkable oral data collected under very demanding conditions. This book deserved, & won, the 1991 Herskovits Prize for best book from the African Studies Association. It is consistently readable and intellectually challenging.
Prostitution without the Preaching
By Ceek - November 29, 2012White's labor history of prostitution frees women's economic contributions from the moral/public health registers that had previously marginalized them as either a.) degenerates or b.) vectors of disease. In so doing, White liberates the contribution of women's labor and identifies as central to checking colonial ambitions of controlling the urban space. This was a really novel and fascinating approach to colonial history that is worth reading for anyone interested in understanding the construction and contestation of an urban political and moral economy.
A tad boring.
By A Customer - July 23, 1999An interesting topic knowing Nairobi, however after the first couple of chapters the books gets rather boring.
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