Worries of the heart widows, family, and community in Kenya /
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c2007.
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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. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Families |z Kenya |z Maragoli. | |
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