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-
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Description:	xxv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book thirty-three Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book thirty-three.
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:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9348355

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ISBN:	9780292748682 (cloth : alk. paper) 029274868X (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
Govt.docs classification:	Z UA380.8 C188ia

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Justice, Ethnicity, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Guatemala
1. Dictators, Indígenas, and the Legal System: Intersections of Race and Crime
2. "Rough and Thorny Terrain": Moonshine, Gender, and Ethnicity
3. "Productive Activity": Female Vendors and Ladino Authorities in the Market
4. Unnatural Mothers and Reproductive Crimes: Infanticide, Abortion, and Cross-Dressing
5. Wives in Danger and Dangerous Women: Domestic and Female Violence
6. Honorable Subjects: Public Insults, Family Feuds, and State Power
Conclusion: Emboldened and Constrained
Appendices
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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