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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, David, 1967-

Series:

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; 33.

Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series ; Volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Maya women--Legal status, laws, etc--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Maya women.

Maya women--Crimes against--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Maya women--Guatemala--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 335 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition

Other Title:

Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944

Place of Publication:

Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4773-0210-7

0-292-74869-8

OCLC:

857586279

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32888 hdl