In other words, what do the dead bodies from other disasters tell us about the conditions in which people live? Make sure you identify and analyze a specific natural disaster.
Make sure your post shows evidence that you have completed and understood the readings for this week by using the theories/concepts that were covered and by adding quotes and examples from the text that help you answer the question.
Required Reading
Dinnerstein, Myra and Rose Weitz. 1994. “Jane Fonda, Barbara Bush, and Other Aging Bodies: Femininity and the Limits of Resistance.” Gender Issues 14(2): 3-24.
Eric Klinenberg. 2001. “Bodies that Don’t Matter: Death and Dereliction in Chicago.” Body & Society 7(2-3): 121-136.
Recommended Reading
Hart, Bethne, Peter Sainsbury, and Stephanie Short. 1998. “Whose Dying? A Sociological Critique of the ‘Good Death.’” Mortality 3(1): 65-77.
