The need for wives and the hunger for children : marriage, gender and livelihood among the Kuria of Tanzania

This study focuses on what is on the surface a deeply patriarchal society, the Kuria of Tanzania. Although little agency is overtly ascribed to women, the study demonstrates how some women and disadvantaged men manage to overcome the constraints in their lives either by utilising the existing struct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mhando, Nandera
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544243