Reading Questions

Angela Garcia

The Pastoral Clinic: Chapter 1

People, Places, Concepts and Questions

Terms, Places & People

Juniper Hills

Nuevo DÍa

Peter

Commensurability

Ethics of commensuration

Purgatorial zone

Lucretia

Marcos

Questions

1. Describe the structure and everyday life of the Nuevo Día detoxification clinic.

2. What do you make of Garcia’s interaction with Peter during the blackout?

3. Why does Garcia see the detox clinic as a purgatorial zone?

4. What do the stories of Peter, Lucretia and Marcos tell us about heroin addiction and treatment in the Española Valley?