APY 106, Spring 2021 Assignment 3 (Submission date, Fri, April 23rd 11:59pm) 25% Please write a short answer for each of the questions below. Each short answer should be about 200 words at least, and should address the question directly citing examples from texts read/movies viewed. Please note: You are not expected to cite sources of any kind and you may draw upon your notes, readings and lecture slides to formulate your answer but UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN YOU COPY PASTE MATERIAL FROM SLIDES INTO YOUR ANSWERS. Be sure to write in your own words and whenever you use direct words or sentences from a text please provide the citation i.e. author name and page numbers. Questions 1. What is the difference between disease and illness? Using the example of the film Unrest explain why understanding this difference (between disease and illness) is so significant. 2. Cultural representations and social ideas about pregnancy and labor have a significant impact on how “risky” birth is considered to be and in turn how it is managed and treated. From the excerpt on birth in four cultures in Guest (2018) compare birthing in Netherlands and USA. Discuss the differences between how labor is conceptualized and then treated or experienced in these two contexts. Why is this difference important to study? 3. Taking the example of de-medicalizing anorexia (O’Connor and Van Esterik), discuss the multiple factors or contexts that an anthropological framework focusses on to understand this condition. Consequently, how does anthropology contribute to a holistic understanding of anorexia? 4. Twine argues that commercial surrogacy is exploitative because it is an example of how reproduction is stratified especially along the lines of race, ethnicity, and class. The BBC radio conversation “Womb for Rent” highlights some of these aspects of Twine’s reading in conversation with an Irish woman who hires an Indian surrogate. Using these two examples as evidence: a. Discuss if both the Irish and the Indian women possess reproductive choices and liberties equally? If yes, why? If no, why not? b. In your own words explain what you have understood by the term “stratified reproduction.” 5. From Bisan Sahli’s article, discuss at least three ideas that the whitecoat symbolizes. Using 2 examples from text show how these ideas about the whitecoat help the healing process. 6. The author’s research shows that almost all physicians faced situations when they were confident about the diagnosis based on physical examination and patient history alone. But this was not enough to elicit patient trust and in order to gain patient’s trust, they often ran lab tests (even though they were not required to make a diagnosis). Why do you think that in biomedicine lab tests have come to replace the authority of the doctor?
