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

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Index abjection, 5, 8, 25, 142, 147; “domain of abjected beings,” 140, 184 abortion, 14, 16, 128; in Chimaltenango , 16, 118, 119, 123, 124, 129– 131; in Comalapa, 131; in Itzapa, 150; in Patzún, 129–131; in Poaquil, 124; in Quetzaltenango, 131; in Tejar , 123 Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala , 24 Acta de Patzicía, 21 Administración de Rentas. See Treasury Administration Africa, 117, 140, 198–199 aguardiente clandestino. See moonshine Aguas Calientes (San Antonio), 21, 35, 49 Ahrens, Enrique, 200, 221 alcohol production, 58, 61, 77, 85, 181; in Chimaltenango, 58–59, 65, 85– 86; in Comalapa, 64–65, 66; criminalization of, 62, 65, 71, 80; criminalization of, and women, xv, 58, 82; economics of, 55, 56, 62–64; in Itzapa, 85–86; in Momostenango, 80; in Patzicía, 61, 79; in Quetzaltenango , 56, 68, 87; in San Mart ín, 61, 78–79; in Simaulew, 85; in Sololá, 63; in Tecpán, 80. See also bootlegging; moonshine Alfonso X (King of Spain), 32 Alta Verapaz, 148–149 Andes, 187, 212 Anzueto, Brigadier C. Roderico (Director of National Police), 52–53, 76 Arbenz, Jacobo, xv Archivo General de Centro América (AGCA), 15–16, 22 Argentina, 50, 108, 136, 164, 211; and honor, 151, 200 assault and battery, 14, 93, 123, 221, 288n21; and categories of, 283n18; and conviction rates, 158; and courts, 30, 166, 229, 230; and honor, 212 Asturias, Miguel Ángel, 225 Baja Verapaz, 101 Balanya (Santa Cruz), 1, 2, 21, 46–48 Barahona (Santa Catarina), 21 Barillas, President Manuel J., 33–34 Barrios, Justo Rufino, 5, 33, 34 Black, Donald, 3 bootlegging: and authorities, 14, 28, 190, 226; and courts, 14, 27, 61, 218; and crime, 15, 19, 25, 53; and enforcement , 64–72; and women, xv, 28, 58, 61, 68. See also alcohol production ; moonshine Bourbon Rule, 94 Boyer, Richard, 164 Brazil, 63, 87, 220 Buffington, Robert M., 142, 162, 187 buhoneros, 51–52, 56, 97, 99, 171, 226 328 I Ask for Justice Bunzel, Ruth, 160, 179, 213; and indigenous people, 23, 72, 130, 161, 201–202 Burns, Kathryn, 267n80 Butler, Judith, 140, 146, 162, 172, 237 cantinas, 55, 73, 123, 171, 198; and alcohol dispensaries, 73, 74 capitalism, xix, 95, 200; and indigenous people, 13, 91, 116 Carrera, José Rafael, 33 Catholic Church, 5, 94, 267n89; and sale of alcohol, 74; and San Sebasti án Church (Guatemala City), 145–146 Caudillo Tradition, 6 Central American Federation, 62 Chacón, President Lázaro, 43, 191, 223; and characteristics of rule, 43, 157, 176, 188 Chambers, Sarah C., 288n8 Chazkel, Amy, 87 Chichicastenango, 72, 160, 162 Chile, 167 Chimaltenango (department): abortion cases in, 118, 119, 123, 124, 129– 131; administration of, 11–12, 19, 88, 93–94, 129; alcohol cases in, 58– 59, 85–86; and courts, 36, 129, 157– 158; cross-dressing cases in, 147– 148; domestic violence cases in, 1–2, 133–134, 173; honor cases in, 191, 210–211, 218; infanticide cases in, 118, 119, 123, 125–126; and markets , cases concerning, 115; and truth, 17 Chimaltenango (town), 1–2, 62, 64, 82, 169; and honor cases, 213; and location , 29, 227 Chiquimula, 73 Christiansen, Tanja, 209 citizenship: in Aguas Calientes, 35; and construction of concept, 5, 49, 88, 223, 237; in San Martín, 49–50; and women, 3, 203 civil codes, 5, 8, 33, 42 class: and alcohol, 58; and construction of concept, 3, 7, 18, 114, 219; and ethnicity, 114, 185; and gender, 111– 112, 156, 194, 210–211, 237; and honor, 211, 219, 221; and litigants, 23, 185, 236; and patriarchy, 9; and race, 45, 46, 194, 202; and slander, 46–48; and violence, 134 Comalapa (San Juan), 21, 29, 41–42, 95, 101; abortion cases in, 131; alcohol cases in, 64–65, 66; domestic violence cases in, 133–134; homicide cases in, 126–127; honor cases in, 209–210 Comaroff, John L., 2 Corrigan, Philip, 15 courts: and conviction rates, 92, 157– 158; and disrespect, 159, 178, 196; and honor cases, 194, 218, 222; and indigenous people, xvi, xvii, 31, 40, 196; and judicial process, 29, 31–33, 42, 226–227; and state rule, 2, 11, 27, 222, 228–232; and women, 3, 27, 151, 185, 194 Creoles, 5, 13, 40, 45, 57, 91; and indigenous people, 32, 38, 39, 107, 270n65 crime: definitions of, 15, 23, 135, 273n18; and indigenous people, 50–55, 142, 157, 186; and mitigating circumstances, 151, 184, 237; and mitigating circumstances in honor cases, 119, 135, 182...