The Woman on the Windowsill : a Tale of Mystery in Several Parts / Sylvia Sellers-Garcia.
A true story of violence and punishment that illuminates a transformative moment in Guatemalan history On the morning of July 1, 1800, a surveyor and mapmaker named Cayetano Díaz opened the window of his study in Guatemala City to find a horrific sight: a pair of severed breasts. Offering a meticulo...
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Yale University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Readers
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. In Which Don Cayetano Díaz Opens His Window
- One. Strangers in the Valley: In Which Brígida Arana Seeks Her Missing Daughter
- Two. History of Violence: In Which Liberata Bejarano's Cause for Flight Is Revealed
- Three. Iconography: In Which the Perpetrator Offers New Evidence
- Four. Enlightened Medicine: In Which Dr. Narciso Esparragosa Analyzes the
- Five. In Hospital, at Home: In Which Simona Villagrán Is Buried Twice
- Six. An Urban Space: In Which the Perpetrator Communicates a Third Time
- Seven. Death, Sex, and the City: In Which María Rosa Padilla Is Found in the Morgue
- Eight. Bourbon Justice: In Which Liberata Returns
- Epilogue. In Which the Window Is Closed
- Notes
- Illustration Credits
- Index.