Thank You St. Jude questions for pages 119-211

Chapter 5

1. How is community established among women through St. Jude?
2. What role does story-telling have in St. Jude's cult?

Chapter 6

1. How did American medicine change in the first half of the 20th century?
2. Describe the Catholic "ethos" or view of pain and suffering?
3. What kind of power does St. Jude give women who are dealing with the medical system?

Chapter 7

1. How do women create themselves through St. Jude?
2. What does Orsi mean when he calls St. Jude a "cultural double agent" or talks about him as an ambiguous and in-between figure?