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

Weber, M., 220 , 243

Weddings, 250 , 261 , 317 n

Wikans, U., 182 , 195

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,

127 , 322 n;

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