Worries of the Heart
Subtitle: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: September 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780226554204
Subjects: Family & relationships; Women's studies; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Africa - East - Kenya; Africa - General; Anthropology - General; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Family; Kenya; Maragoli; Social conditions; Widows; Women
Description: Mutongi explores how the challenges and frustrations of both colonial rule and independence shaped the lives of Maragoli women in Kenya and their complex relations with each other their families and their communities.