Front Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Justice, Ethnicity, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Guatemala -- 1. Dictators, Indígenas, and the Legal System: Intersections of Race and Crime -- 2. "Rough and Thorny Terrain": Moonshine, Gender, and Ethnicity -- 3. "Productive Activity": Female Vendors and Ladino Authorities in the Market -- 4. Unnatural Mothers and Reproductive Crimes: Infanticide, Abortion, and Cross-Dressing -- 5. Wives in Danger and Dangerous Women: Domestic and Female Violence -- 6. Honorable Subjects: Public Insults, Family Feuds, and State Power -- Conclusion. Emboldened and Constrained -- Appendices -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.