To investigate dominant social practices, hidden in plain sight, that infuse/inflect/define our lives - especially those around food, illness & dying, birth, the care of the dead, and prom - so that we can live more wisely.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

HW 22 - Illness & Dying Book Part 1

Read your assigned book.

Think about what insights it offers regarding dominant social practices of illness & dying in our culture and also alternatives to those dominant practices.

Identify the book you're reading with full bibliographic information (author, title, publisher, year published).

Please write a précis of a section you identify in the first 1/3rd of the book (a particular chapter, a range of pages, a couple chapters).

Please quote 3-5 particularly insightful, arresting, or thought-provoking passages in the book (provide page numbers). For each quote provide either a paraphrase or response.

Finally please write a paragraph discussing your thoughts and experiences in relation to this book's portrayal (in the first 1/3rd) of how people go about being sick and dying. Aim for bright, insightful, slicing prose.

Due Saturday, Dec. 11 at noon.

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