Horace Miner's 'Body Ritual Among The Nacirema'
“Body Ritual Among The Nacirema”
As I started to read “Body Ritual Among The Nacirema” by Horace Miner I was really confused. You told us that the homework was to write what was the real true meaning of this reading but I had to reread the pages over and over to find the true meaning to the reading that Horace Miner was talking about. It is a culture named Nacirema and that no one really know much about this culture. And also that they come from the east. He talks about the rituals they have and how they care for their bodies and try to make it look beautiful because they believe that the human body is ugly and that is the reason why we decay when we die. He also talks about how the Nacirema culture they take care of their mouths because …show more content…
One of the first things I notice was that the name Nacirema was America spelled backwards. I also noticed that they had a few things that we have now a day but they just call it differently. For example what they call a medicine man and herbalist, we call a doctor and a pharmacist because the medicine man does no do the magical potion. They just write down what is needed for the potion and that is what doctors do. They do a cheek up on you and write a prescription for you to take to the pharmacy so they make it for you your medicine. They also say that the Nacirema people believe they cannot live with out the potions, and maybe people in our society think that they need medicine for everything even if it is not necessary. Also he says that this culture used the magical potions for a few times and never use it again. And that is what most people tend to do use the medicen once or twice and forget about it and just keep it in the house for no reason. He also talks about the dentist as holy mouth men. I also think the charm box is the mirror in the bathroom because he says “each day every member of the family in succession enters the shrine room bows his head before the charm box” meaning that every one comes to the bathroom stands in front of the mirror and puts their face down to wash their face. A lot of people most of the things they only and mostly
As I started to read “Body Ritual Among The Nacirema” by Horace Miner I was really confused. You told us that the homework was to write what was the real true meaning of this reading but I had to reread the pages over and over to find the true meaning to the reading that Horace Miner was talking about. It is a culture named Nacirema and that no one really know much about this culture. And also that they come from the east. He talks about the rituals they have and how they care for their bodies and try to make it look beautiful because they believe that the human body is ugly and that is the reason why we decay when we die. He also talks about how the Nacirema culture they take care of their mouths because …show more content…
One of the first things I notice was that the name Nacirema was America spelled backwards. I also noticed that they had a few things that we have now a day but they just call it differently. For example what they call a medicine man and herbalist, we call a doctor and a pharmacist because the medicine man does no do the magical potion. They just write down what is needed for the potion and that is what doctors do. They do a cheek up on you and write a prescription for you to take to the pharmacy so they make it for you your medicine. They also say that the Nacirema people believe they cannot live with out the potions, and maybe people in our society think that they need medicine for everything even if it is not necessary. Also he says that this culture used the magical potions for a few times and never use it again. And that is what most people tend to do use the medicen once or twice and forget about it and just keep it in the house for no reason. He also talks about the dentist as holy mouth men. I also think the charm box is the mirror in the bathroom because he says “each day every member of the family in succession enters the shrine room bows his head before the charm box” meaning that every one comes to the bathroom stands in front of the mirror and puts their face down to wash their face. A lot of people most of the things they only and mostly