I Ask for Justice : Maya Women, Dictators, and Crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carey, David, Jr., 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Maya women > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Femmes mayas > Guatemala > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Femmes mayas > Crimes contre > Guatemala > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice penale > Guatemala > Histoire > 20e siecle.
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.
Guatemala.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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