| Description |
1 online resource. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. thirty-three
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Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 33.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : justice, ethnicity, and gender in twentieth-century Guatemala -- Dictators, indÃgenas, 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Guatemala. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Maya women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
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Maya women -- Crimes against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
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Maya women -- Guatemala -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. |
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Maya women. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. |
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Maya women -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carey, David, Jr., 1967- I ask for justice. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013 9780292748682 (DLC) 2012050645 (OCoLC)824119615 |
| ISBN |
9780292748699 (electronic book) |
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0292748698 (electronic book) |
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9780292748682 |
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029274868X |
| Sudoc No. |
Z UA380.8 C188ia |
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