Matters of Life and Death
weekly schedule.

 

Week 11 (Nov. 1-5)

Defining death.
To be discussed: Is “brain death” really death? How does technology influence our definition of death? How does culture influence our definition of death?

Assignments:

Analytic essay on Conklin, “ ‘Thus are our bodies, thus was our custom’: mortuary cannibalism in an Amazonian society” (due Mon., Nov. 1 by 11:59 PM)

Response essay on Ariès, "Forbidden Death" (due Mon., Nov. 1 by 11:59 PM)

Response essay on Mitford, “What the Public Wants” (due Mon., Nov. 1 by 11:59 PM)

 

Reading Assignment: Lock, “Displacing Suffering: The Reconstruction of Death in North America and Japan”, pp. 207-244 (CR).
Callahan, “Death and the Research Imperative”, pp. 654-656 (CR).
Greenberg, “As Good as Dead”, pp. 36-41 (CR). (due by class time Mon. Nov 1)

Skills & Information:

To read for week 12:

Callahan, “Living with the Mortal Self”, pp. 120-155 (CR).
Behar, “Death and Memory: From Santa María del Monte to Miami Beach”, pp. 34-89 (CR).
(due by class time Mon. Nov 10)

Assignments for week 12:

Course Log entry #4 (due Nov. 10)

Analytic essay on Lock, “Displacing Suffering: The Reconstruction of Death in North America and Japan” (due Mon., Nov. 8 by 11:59 PM)

Response essay on Conklin, “ ‘Thus are our bodies, thus was our custom’: mortuary cannibalism in an Amazonian society” (due Mon., Nov. 8 by 11:59 PM)

 


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