I ask for justice [electronic resource] : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 / by David Carey Jr.
Material type: TextSeries: Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; Book thirty-threePublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013. 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9780292748699
- 0292748698
- Maya women -- Guatemala -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Maya women -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
- Maya women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
- 364.3/74089974207281 23
- KGD2501 .C37 2013
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.
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