Worries of the heart : widows, family, and community in Kenya

Worries of the heart widows, family, and community in Kenya

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1. Verfasser: Mutongi, Kenda Beatrice
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ˜u.a.œ Univ. of Chicago Press 2007
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Geschichte > Witwe > Kenia
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Beschreibung: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
Beschreibung:XIII, 256 S.
Ill., Kt.
24 cm
ISBN:0226554201
9780226554204
0226554198
9780226554198