W
Wakfs. See Trusts
Wallace, A., 120 , 156 , 272 , 282 , 283 , 319 -320n
Wamiji (older women of standing), 47
Waungwana. See Nobles
Wealth: factor in arranging marriage, 91
Willis, R., 227
Wives, 72 ;
control of money, 245 ;
emotional relations with husbands and others, 259 -260;
happiness of, 262 ;
hypothesis explaining power of, 242 , 262 -267, 308 -311;
importance of expectations in husband-wife role, 266 ;
independence from husbands, 266 -267;
satisfying expectations of, 74 , 245 ;
secret, 190 , 316 n-317n, 327 n;
significance for husbands, 98 , 265 -266.
See also Husbands; Love; Mothers; Women
Women:
ascribed nonrationality as a basis for power, 266 ;
changes in statuses of, 305 ;
consulted regarding own marriage, 90 ;
elderly, 318n;
emotional freedom of, 194 , 250 -254, 262 -263, 325 n-326n;
number interviewed, 319 n;
others using possessions of, 164 ;
separation from males, 95 -97,
social relations of, 97 , 244 -246, 249 -250, 252 -254, 326 n;
sources of prestige for, 244 -246;
understandings about, 261 -262, 263 -265, 321 n;
views of men, 263 ;
virginity of, 319 n.
See also Divorce; Husbands; Marriage; Men; Mothers; Parents and children; Wives