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050 1 4 _aHQ1058.5.K4
_bM88 2007eb
082 0 4 _a306.88/30967628
_222
100 1 _aMutongi, Kenda.
245 1 0 _aWorries of the heart
_h[electronic resource] :
_bwidows, family, and community in Kenya /
_cKenda Mutongi.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_cc2007.
300 _axiii, 256 p. :
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aEveryday 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 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aWidows
_zKenya
_zMaragoli
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aWomen
_zKenya
_zMaragoli
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aFamilies
_zKenya
_zMaragoli.
651 0 _aKenya
_xColonial influence.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10265967
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c10537
_d10537