Worries of the heart : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi.
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 256 p. :; ill., maps. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Worries of the heart |h [electronic resource] : |b widows, family, and community in Kenya / |c Kenda Mutongi. |
| 260 | |a Chicago : |b University of Chicago Press, |c c2007. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 256 p. : |b ill., maps. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Widows |z Kenya |z Maragoli |x Social conditions. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |z Kenya |z Maragoli |x Social conditions. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Families |z Kenya |z Maragoli. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Kenya |x Colonial influence. | |
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