Worries of the heart [[electronic resource] ] : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454114403321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Worries of the heart [[electronic resource] ] : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
Soggetto non controllato | kenya, kenyan, africa, african, family, familial relationships, widows, marriage, loss, grief, history, historical contexts, maragoli community, colonialism, widowed, postcolonialism, colonial rule, independence, cultural studies, society, widowhood, rural areas, citizenship, disenchantment, ethnography, ethnographic research, women, gender study, influences, christianity, religion, religious, gold, mining, land, conflicts, domestic education, boarding schools, inheritance |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782434103321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Worries of the heart : widows, family, and community in Kenya / / Kenda Mutongi |
Autore | Mutongi Kenda |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.88/30967628 |
Soggetto topico |
Widows - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions
Women - Kenya - Maragoli - Social conditions Families - Kenya - Maragoli |
ISBN |
1-281-96600-2
0-226-55422-8 9786611966003 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822560503321 |
Mutongi Kenda | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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