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

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Contents List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables ix Foreword by Pablo Piccato xiii Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction: Justice, Ethnicity, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Guatemala 1 1. Dictators, Indígenas, and the Legal System: Intersections of Race and Crime 27 2. “Rough and Thorny Terrain”: Moonshine, Gender, and Ethnicity 56 3. “Productive Activity”: Female Vendors and Ladino Authorities in the Market 90 4. Unnatural Mothers and Reproductive Crimes: Infanticide, Abortion, and Cross-Dressing 118 5. Wives in Danger and Dangerous Women: Domestic and Female Violence 153 6. Honorable Subjects: Public Insults, Family Feuds, and State Power 191 Conclusion: Emboldened and Constrained 225 Appendices 240 Notes 263 viii I Ask for Justice Glossary 295 Bibliography 299 Index 327 ...