Title Laboratory of deficiency : sterilization and confinement in California, 1900-1950s / Natalie Lira

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) : illustrations Series Reproductive justice : a new vision for the twenty-first century ; 6 Reproductive justice ; 6. Contents Introduction : Life, labor, and reproduction at the intersections of race, gender, and disability -- The Pacific plan : mental deficiency, racialization, and sterilization in California's pacific colony -- The Mexican sex menace : labor, reproduction, and feeblemindedness -- The laboratory of deficiency : race, knowledge, and the reproductive politics of juvenile delinquency -- Riots, refusals, and other defiant acts : resisting confinement and sterilization at Pacific colony Summary "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 the low intelligence, deviant sexuality, and inherent criminality of the "Mexican race"-shaped decisions regarding the treatment and reproductive future of Mexican-origin patients. Laboratory of Deficiency documents the ways Mexican-origin people sought out creative ways to resist institutional control and offers insight into the ways race, disability, and social deviance have been called upon to justify the confinement and reproductive constraint of certain individuals in the name of public health and progress"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed March 30, 2023) Subject Involuntary sterilization -- California -- 20th century Developmentally disabled -- California -- 20th century Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- California -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- California -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies Developmentally disabled Involuntary sterilization Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention Mexican Americans California Form Electronic book LC no. 2021016872 ISBN 0520975960 9780520975965

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