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Worries of the heart

by Mutongi, Kenda.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xiii, 256 p. : ill., maps.
Subject(s): Widows -- Kenya -- Maragoli -- Social conditions. | Women -- Kenya -- Maragoli -- Social conditions. | Families -- Kenya -- Maragoli. | Kenya -- Colonial influence. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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