{"product_id":"9780816536214","title":"Starving for Justice: Hunger Strikes, Spectacular Speech, and the Struggle for Dignity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1990s three college campuses in California exploded as Chicano\/a and Latino\/a students went on hunger strikes. Through courageous self-sacrifice, these students risked their lives to challenge racial neoliberalism, budget cuts, and fee increases. The strikers acted and spoke spectacularly and, despite great odds, produced substantive change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movement scholars have raised the question of why some people risk their lives to create a better world. In \u003ci\u003eStarving for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval uses interviews and archival material to examine people’s willingness to make the extreme sacrifice and give their lives in order to create a more just society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular memory and scholarly discourse around social movements have long acknowledged the actions of student groups during the 1960s. Now Armbruster-Sandoval extends our understanding of social justice and activism, providing one of the first examinations of Chicana\/o and Latina\/o student activism in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents at University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Santa Barbara; and Stanford University went on hunger strikes to demand the establishment and expansion of Chicana\/o studies departments. They also had even broader aspirations—to obtain dignity and justice for all people. These students spoke eloquently, making their bodies and concerns visible. They challenged anti-immigrant politics. They scrutinized the rapid growth of the prison-industrial complex, racial and class polarization, and the university’s neoliberalization. Though they did not fully succeed in having all their demands met, they helped generate long-lasting social change on their respective campuses, making those learning institutions more just.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069264019696,"sku":"9780816536214","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780816536214_p0.jpg?v=1763749915","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780816536214","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}