 | Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons Subjects: Hunger strikes -- Turkey -- History -- 21st century; Protest movements -- Turkey -- History -- 21st century; Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Turkey; Political prisoners -- Turkey; Human body -- Political aspects -- Turkey; Government Resistance to -- Turkey; Tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons. Banu Bargu is associate professor of politics at the New School. |
