Starving for justice : hunger strikes, spectacular speech, and the struggle for dignity /
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval.
- xvii, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-293) and index.
Chapter 1. Starving for justice: hunger strikes, spectacular speech, and the struggle for dignity -- Chapter 2. "Speak about destruction": coloniality, humiliation, and self-sacrifice -- Chapter 3. UCLA: "hungry for justice" -- Chapter 4. UC Santa Barbara: "we offer our lives a moral protest" -- Chapter 5. Stanford: "things aren't right here" -- Chapter 6. "Two, three, or many hunger strikes": screaming and dreaming of a new world.
"Focusing on three hunger strikes occurring on university campuses in California in the 1990s, Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval examines people's willingness to make the extreme sacrifice and give their lives for justice"--Provided by publisher.
University of California, Los Angeles--Student strike, 1993. University of California, Santa Barbara--Student strike, 1994. Stanford University--Student strike, 1994.
Hunger strikes--California. Student protesters--California. Hispanic American college students--California.