Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s Volume 6
(Part of the Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the Twenty-First Century Series)
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Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the "feebleminded," justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members of society from the 1920s through the 1950s. Institutional records document the convergence of ableism and racism in Pacific Colony. Analyzing a vast archive, Natalie Lira reveals how political concerns over Mexican immigration--particularly ideas about...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520355679
ISBN13:9780520355675
Release Date:November 2021
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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