AMST 43142 - Death in America

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

This senior seminar will focus on changing understandings of death, dying, and mourning in America. Until recently, the United States was often characterized as a death-denying society, and death itself relegated to the institutional, private, setting of the hospital. Contemporary debates about abortion, euthanasia, gun control, organ transplantation, and stem cell research, as well as popular interests in "good death," the afterlife, bereavement therapy, funeral pre-planning, and cyber memorials suggest new concepts of death and dying. Examining different visual and material cultures--including memorials, roadside shrines, cemeteries, obituaries, TV shows like CSI, online tributes, and death-related rituals--this seminar considers how, and why, death has been "reclaimed" in contemporary America. Field trips and guest lecturers included.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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