Nacirema Case Study
1. Do you think you would enjoy a vacation in the land of the Nacirema? Why or why not? Where do the Nacirema live?
Nacirema have different beliefs than I do. They believe you body is ugly and it is a vessel for disease and debility. This belief is not something I chose to believe. I believe we should all love our bodies. There are ways to prevent sickness and weakness outside conditions does these things to the body. The body does not function just for weakness and disease. I would not want to vacations there because of their beliefs and customs are the same as mine. They are entitled to their own beliefs just not something I would like to do; also they do rituals and ceremonies. They also have shrines they have ceremonies for. The Nacirema are a North American group …show more content…
The author of this article explores the socialization of feeling rules and emotional detachment through telling and listening to cadaver stories in medical school, particularly the Gross Anatomy course. Discuss the role(s) such stories play in medical training and relate this function of socialization to the nature of the typical storytellers and settings of such story telling.
The stories played a role in medical training because it reveled how medical students reacted to cadavers. Which reveled a lot about them and their ability to handle death. Also it is a way for students to learn through stories. We often tell stories about event that has happened to use. We do this so other people can feel like they were in the situation. To help some situations more light hearted given the situation. 2. Sociologists often describe role taking – that is, we describe how the requirements of a social role change a person's behavior. However, this article describes the "role-making" of those who move into the social role of prison guard. How do these two concepts differ? What is the basis for the role making in this article? What are the consequences of this role making within this research
Nacirema have different beliefs than I do. They believe you body is ugly and it is a vessel for disease and debility. This belief is not something I chose to believe. I believe we should all love our bodies. There are ways to prevent sickness and weakness outside conditions does these things to the body. The body does not function just for weakness and disease. I would not want to vacations there because of their beliefs and customs are the same as mine. They are entitled to their own beliefs just not something I would like to do; also they do rituals and ceremonies. They also have shrines they have ceremonies for. The Nacirema are a North American group …show more content…
The author of this article explores the socialization of feeling rules and emotional detachment through telling and listening to cadaver stories in medical school, particularly the Gross Anatomy course. Discuss the role(s) such stories play in medical training and relate this function of socialization to the nature of the typical storytellers and settings of such story telling.
The stories played a role in medical training because it reveled how medical students reacted to cadavers. Which reveled a lot about them and their ability to handle death. Also it is a way for students to learn through stories. We often tell stories about event that has happened to use. We do this so other people can feel like they were in the situation. To help some situations more light hearted given the situation. 2. Sociologists often describe role taking – that is, we describe how the requirements of a social role change a person's behavior. However, this article describes the "role-making" of those who move into the social role of prison guard. How do these two concepts differ? What is the basis for the role making in this article? What are the consequences of this role making within this research