Worries of the heart : widows, family, and community in Kenya - Mutongi, Kenda (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Widows -- Kenya -- Maragoli -- Social conditions; Women -- Kenya -- Maragoli -- Social conditions; Families -- Kenya -- Maragoli; Kenya -- Colonial influence