02089nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10265967 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061127s2007 iluab sb 001 0 eng 2006038721 9780226554198 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226554198 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226554204 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226554201 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646784246 f-ke--- HQ1058.5.K4 M88 2007eb 306.88/30967628 22 Mutongi, Kenda. Worries of the heart [electronic resource] : widows, family, and community in Kenya / Kenda Mutongi. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007. xiii, 256 p. : ill., maps. 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. Widows Kenya Maragoli Social conditions. Women Kenya Maragoli Social conditions. Families Kenya Maragoli. Kenya Colonial influence. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10265967 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 10537 10537