"Girl cases" : marriage and colonialism in Gusiiland, Kenya, 1890-1970 / Brett L. Shadle.
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TextSeries: Social history of AfricaPublication details: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2006.Description: xliii, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0325070946 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 9780325070940 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 032507092X (alk. paper)
- 9780325070926 (alk. paper)
- Gusii (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites
- Gusii (African people) -- Social life and customs
- Women, Gusii -- Social conditions
- Women, Gusii -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Bride price -- Kenya
- Marriage law -- Kenya
- Kenya. -- Historiography
- Kenya -- Colonization
- Kenya -- Politics and government
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
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- DT433.545.G86 S43 2006
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| DT 433.545 .G86 E75 2006 Ethnography of the Gusii of Western Kenya : | DT 433.545 .G86 E75 2006 Ethnography of the Gusii of Western Kenya : | DT 433.545 .G86 S43 2006 "Girl cases" : | DT 433.545 .G86 S43 2006 "Girl cases" : | DT 433.545 .K36 Z45 1995 Akamba / | DT 433.545 .K55 M86 1994 I, the Gikuyu and White fury / | DT 433.545 .K55 M86 1994 I, the Gikuyu and White fury / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
Introduction -- Gusii society and politics and the coming of colonialism -- Colonialism and African society to circa 1940 -- The political economy of bridewealth, 1930s-1960s -- The course of marriage disputes -- "Girl cases" in the courts -- The state, African society, and the limits of the Ritongo -- The demise of marriage disputes -- Conclusion.
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