Refusal to Eat: A Century of Prison Hunger Strikes

by Nayan Shah

The first global history of hunger strikes as a tactic in prisons, conflicts, and protest movements.

The power of the hunger strike lies in its utter simplicity. The ability to choose to forego eating is universally accessible, even to those living under conditions of maximal constraint, as in the prisons of apartheid South Africa, Israeli prisons for Palestinian prisoners, and the detention camp at Guant namo Bay. It is a weapon of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520302699
• ISBN13: 9780520302693
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"