Lauren Eads - Blog Post 8

1. Inquiry Question: How does the objectification of citizens in dystopian societies explore what  it means to be human?

2.   Stern, Megan. “Dystopian anxieties versus utopian ideals: Medicine from Frankenstein to the visible human project and body worlds.” Science as Culture 15:01 (2006): 61-84. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. 

3.   This article is about medicine in society, and how human bodies are viewed. It investigates how the fears of dystopian societies about physical fragility and the effects of medicine on humanity and “human identity.” Within dystopian society, human bodies are able to be reduced to a medical resource. This further emphasizes how medicine is connected to humanity and consumption. 

4. This pertains to my inquiry question by including how medicine affects humanity and how the human body can be viewed as a commodity in a medical aspect.