You are to read the unit (completely, as always), and answer the questions at the end of the introduction, on pg 421.

Healing and Spirituality, pgs 413-462. You are to read the unit, and answer the questions at the end of the introduction, on pg 421. Answer the questions completely; consider each question as the entry point into a short essay answer. Your answer for each should be at least 5 sentences (some will require more). Shoot for around ¼ to ½ a page for each question, double-spaced. The questions should be answered individually. The question you are answering should be at the top of each of your answers.

1. What do dance, song, writing, and other forms of creativity have to do with spiritu-
   ality and healing? Discuss at least two examples from the chapter.
2. How does E. M. Broner transform patriarchal ritual traditions to include or center
   women’s experiences? Why is it socially and politically important to do so?
3. Reflecting on the different types of feminism discussed in Chapter 1 and the readings
   in this chapter, if you were to create a feminist ritual, what would you do and why?
   Alternatively, think about a ritual in which you have participated and discuss how one
   could integrate feminist elements.
4. What metaphors of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood does Terry Tempest Williams
   use in her essay? Why do you think she foregrounds the protestors’ identities as
   mothers and what are the advantages and limits of doing so?
5. In what ways do Mama Luna, Amá, and the granddaughter in“The Moths”internalize
   and/or challenge patriarchal and Christian approaches to spirituality and healing?
6. How are death, dying, and the duality of life and death represented in the chapter?
   How are these spiritual and healing themes? Discuss at least two examples.
7. How has Pilulaw Khus lived spirituality and healing given her “assignment … to
   protect the sacred places and to do the ceremonies” as a Chumash woman?
8. What role do intergenerational storytelling and modeling play in passing on spiritual
   and healing knowledge? Analyze at least two examples from the chapter.
9. In what ways are the relationships with family, friends, nature, and community that
   are discussed throughout the chapter sources of healing and spiritual knowledge?
   Analyze at least two examples from the chapter.
10. What connections does Alifa Rifaat draw between female‐to‐female sexual love
    and spirituality?