Please read Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Fasting Girls, Introduction (pp. 1-10) and Chapters 3-7 (pp. 62-184), plus the photo essay. Note: Page numbers are for the 2000 edition. Optional: Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 11-61) and the remaining chapters are interesting, but optional. Please also read the very short article from The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-wonder-netflixs-story-of-19th-century-fasting-girls-reminds-us-starving-bodies-remain-a-public-spectacle-today-195149
In this assignment, students will analyze the readings titled, “Colonial Beginnings,” on the colonial disease encounter and the management of smallpox in Boston in the 1720s. Based on these sources, who had the most knowledge on, and authority over, health and disease in colonial settings? Who or what circumstances gave them that authority?
Please view the documentary, "Influenza 1918," and use it to answer the questions below. Respond to each question in 200-300 words. https://echo360.org/media/d799439f-ca4f-4b93-a6c8-...
