03151nam 2200685 a 450 991082256050332120200520144314.01-281-96600-20-226-55422-8978661196600310.7208/9780226554228(CKB)1000000000579185(EBL)408633(OCoLC)476230002(SSID)ssj0000275018(PQKBManifestationID)11210164(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275018(PQKBWorkID)10331709(PQKB)10272165(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123128(MiAaPQ)EBC408633(DE-B1597)524720(OCoLC)1058454461(DE-B1597)9780226554228(Au-PeEL)EBL408633(CaPaEBR)ebr10265967(CaONFJC)MIL196600(EXLCZ)99100000000057918520061127d2007 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrWorries of the heart widows, family, and community in Kenya /Kenda Mutongi1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Pressc20071 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-55420-1 0-226-55419-8 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.Growing up in the Maragoli community in Kenya, Kenda Mutongi encountered a perplexing contradiction. While the young teachers at her village school railed against colonialism, many of her elders, including her widowed mother, praised their former British masters. In this moving book, Mutongi explores how both the challenges and contradictions of colonial rule and the frustrations and failures of independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other, their families, and the larger community. Throughout the twentieth century...WidowsKenyaMaragoliSocial conditionsWomenKenyaMaragoliSocial conditionsFamiliesKenyaMaragoliKenyaColonial influenceWidowsSocial conditions.WomenSocial conditions.Families306.88/30967628Mutongi Kenda1098243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822560503321Worries of the heart4022498UNINA