TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carey,David
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - I ask for justice: Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 
T2  - Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series
SN  - 9780292748699
AV  - KGD2501 .C37 2013
U1  - 364.3/74089974207281 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Maya women
KW  - Guatemala
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - History
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : justice, ethnicity, and gender in twentieth-century Guatemala -- Dictators, indígenas, and the legal system : intersections of race and crime -- "Rough and thorny terrain" : moonshine, gender, and ethnicity -- "Productive activity" : female vendors and Ladino authorities in the market -- Unnatural mothers and reproductive crimes : infanticide, abortion, and cross-dressing -- Wives in danger and dangerous women : domestic and female violence -- Honorable subjects : public insults, family feuds, and state power -- Conclusion : emboldened and constrained
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780292748699/
ER  -