TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mutongi,Kenda
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Worries of the heart: widows, family, and community in Kenya 
AV  - HQ1058.5.K4 M88 2007eb
U1  - 306.88/30967628 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Widows
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Maragoli
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Women
KW  - Families
KW  - Colonial influence
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10265967
ER  -