I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Carey, David, Jr., 1967- author.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. thirty-three Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 33.
Subject:	Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century. Maya women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century. Maya women -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century. Maya women -- Guatemala -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Maya women -- Social conditions. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. Guatemala. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13561767

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ISBN:	9780292748699 0292748698 9780292748682 029274868X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This study of the Guatemalan legal system during the regimes of two of Latin America's most repressive dictators reveals the surprising extent to which Maya women used the courts to air their grievances and defend their human rights.
Other form:	Print version: Carey, David, Jr., 1967- I ask for justice. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013 9780292748682
Govt.docs classification:	Z UA380.8 C188ia

Table of Contents:

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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