Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Name
Course
Sociology
Date
6/12/2013
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Horace Miner in the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema depicts a society that is growing naturally, but which has transformed itself into a ritual tribe. In this article, the tribe, Nacirema, is a tribe that has transformed itself naturally and which has incorporated a lot of beliefs and religious tendency for good living. More evident in the arguments given by Horace Miner is the fact that the societal people of Nacirema care and have a strong attitude about their bodies. They thus do everything possible in the earth to preserve its good look. The body itself has a lot of influence on a number of tenets of the society, including institutions such as the church/religion and the medical centers.
Horace Miner in his writing of the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema present a situation where the society in the world has abandoned their natural tendencies to adopt modernity. At one point, the society is seen to maintain its natural stature; but on the other side is seen to adopt new ways of keeping the body pure and good; for example, believing in the powers of medicine and holy water from the church.
The teachings as can be deduced from the article bring to the fore major issues in social living and sociology. Critical in these is cultural relativism, conflict theory, ethno-centralism and social solidarity. The following discussion looks at the applicability of the elements deduced from Horace Miner’?s article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema in the society.
The concept of cultural relativism teaches that there is no universal level or standards by which a culture can be measured. Any person is bound to view his or her culture as most important as compared to other’?s culture. In this regard therefore, each and every other culture in the world can be deemed to be utmost
Name
Course
Sociology
Date
6/12/2013
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Horace Miner in the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema depicts a society that is growing naturally, but which has transformed itself into a ritual tribe. In this article, the tribe, Nacirema, is a tribe that has transformed itself naturally and which has incorporated a lot of beliefs and religious tendency for good living. More evident in the arguments given by Horace Miner is the fact that the societal people of Nacirema care and have a strong attitude about their bodies. They thus do everything possible in the earth to preserve its good look. The body itself has a lot of influence on a number of tenets of the society, including institutions such as the church/religion and the medical centers.
Horace Miner in his writing of the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema present a situation where the society in the world has abandoned their natural tendencies to adopt modernity. At one point, the society is seen to maintain its natural stature; but on the other side is seen to adopt new ways of keeping the body pure and good; for example, believing in the powers of medicine and holy water from the church.
The teachings as can be deduced from the article bring to the fore major issues in social living and sociology. Critical in these is cultural relativism, conflict theory, ethno-centralism and social solidarity. The following discussion looks at the applicability of the elements deduced from Horace Miner’?s article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema in the society.
The concept of cultural relativism teaches that there is no universal level or standards by which a culture can be measured. Any person is bound to view his or her culture as most important as compared to other’?s culture. In this regard therefore, each and every other culture in the world can be deemed to be utmost