Matters
of Life and Death
weekly
schedule.
Week 12 (Nov. 8-12)
Living
with mortality.
To be discussed: How does mortality fit into one’s self-image? What
are the generational factors in attitudes toward death and dying? What sorts
of attitudes can improve the experience of dying?
Assignment: 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)
Reading
Assignment: 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)
Skills & Information:
Assignments for week 13:
Prepare a one-page handout on your research presentation for your classmates (due the day you present).
Analytic essay on Callahan, “Living with the Mortal Self” (due Mon., Nov. 15 by 11:59 PM)
Analytic essay on Behar, “Death and Memory: From Santa María del Monte to Miami Beach” (due Mon., Nov. 15 by 11:59 PM)
Response essay on Lock, “Displacing Suffering: The Reconstruction of Death in North America and Japan” (due Mon., Nov. 8 by 11:59 PM)