Carey, David, Jr., 1967-
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
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Part of the series Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series book thirty-three;Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series bk. 33.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
• 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.

Subjects:

• Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration — Guatemala — History — 20th century.
• Maya women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Guatemala — History — 20th century.
• Maya women — Crimes against — Guatemala — History — 20th century.
• Maya women — Guatemala — Social conditions — 20th century.

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