A History of Force Feeding. Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909–1974

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Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Historiography Why Hunger Strike? Experiencing Force-Feeding Public Protests Structure Notes Chapter 2: ‘A Prostitution of the Profession’?: The Ethical Dilemma of Suffragette Force-­Feeding, 1909–14 From Asylums to Prisons Ethical Dilemmas The Loyalties of Prison Doctors Bodies, Minds, and Stomach Tubes Conclusion Notes Chapter 3: ‘The Instrument of Death’: Prison Doctors and Medical Ethics in Revolutionary-Period Ireland, c.1917 Suffragette Force-Feedings in Ireland Republican Force-Feedings Thomas Ashe’s Inquest Conclusion Notes Chapter 4: ‘A Few Deaths from Hunger Is Nothing’: Experiencing Starvation in Irish Prisons, 1917–23 Changing Relations Experiencing Starvation Overseeing Death Conclusion Notes Chapter 5: ‘I’ve Heard o’ Food Queues, but This Is the First Time I’ve Ever Heard of a Feeding Queue!’: Hunger Strikers, War, and the State, 1914–61 Force-Feeding Conscientious Objectors Twentieth-Century Peace Movements and Hunger Striking Wartime Irish Hunger Strikes Conclusion Notes Chapter 6: ‘I Would Have Gone on with the Hunger Strike, but Force-Feeding I Could Not Take’: The Coercion of Hunger Striking Convict Prisoners, 1913–72 Prison Hunger Strikes and Force-Feeding, c.1913–40 Why Hunger Strike? Successful Hunger Striking Conclusion Notes Chapter 7: ‘An Experience Much Worse Than Rape’: The End of Force-Feeding? The Troubles and Political Imprisonment The Force-Feeding of Dolours and Marion Price Human Rights and Prisoner Welfare Medical Ethics and Force-Feeding The Death of Michael Gaughan Aftermaths Conclusion Notes Chapter 8: Conclusion Bibliography Archival Material Newspapers Official Documents Bureau of Military History Archives Websites Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index