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I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944
- Title
- I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 / by David Carey Jr.
- Author
- Carey, David, Jr., 1967-
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xxv, 335 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book thirty-three
- Uniform Title
- Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 33.
- Subjects
- Maya women > Crimes against > Guatemala > History > 20th century
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > Guatemala > History > 20th century
- Maya women > Legal status, laws, etc > Guatemala > History > 20th century
- Indigene Frau
- Guatemala
- Diskriminierung
- Maya women > Guatemala > Social conditions > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-6932
- ISBN
- 9780292748682 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 029274868X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781477302101 (pbk.)
- 1477302107 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012050645
- OCLC
- 824119615
- Author
- Carey, David, Jr., 1967-
- Title
- I ask for justice : Maya women, dictators, and crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 / by David Carey Jr.
- Publisher
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book thirty-threeLouann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 33.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
- Sudoc No.
- Z UA380.8 C188ia txdocs
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-6932