Name: Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation
Rating: 4.54 (85 reviews)

Christmas in Purgatory

A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation

By Burton Blatt

1974

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3H41M

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This classic photo essay of legally sanctioned human abuse in state institutions was written and photographed (1965) long before the current right-to-treatment lawsuits on behalf of institutionalized people.

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Author

Burton Blatt

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