Nacirema HR 582 Managing Global Diversity Patsy A. Shepherd March 22‚ 2012 In Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ Horace Miner writes about the strange rituals that people do in America. While reading the story I was almost fooled‚ but as read further I realized the spoof of Nacirema; Nacirema is American spelled backwards and the references in the myth are the backward strange American everyday rituals. Miner’s word usage made it obvious it was just a myth‚ words like magical‚ fascination
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In the essay “Body Ritual Among the “Nacirema”‚ anthropologist Horace Miner describes a group of people known as the Nacirema‚ a little known tribe living in North America. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs‚ distances readers from the fact that the North American group described actually corresponds to modern day Americans of the mid 1950’s. The Nacirema’s cultural beliefs are deeply rooted in the perspective that the human body is prone to sickness and
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BODY RITUAL AMONG THE NACIREMA Horace Miner From Horace Miner‚ "Body Ritual among the Nacirema." Reproduced by permission of the American Anthropological Association from The American Anthropologist‚ vol. 58 (1956)‚ pp. 503-507. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most cultures exhibit a particular configuration or style. A single value or pat- tern of perceiving the world often leaves its stamp on several institutions in the society. Examples are
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------------------------------------------------- Rhetorical Analysis Rhetoric is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience. A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks a work of non-fiction into parts and then explains how the parts work together to create a certain effect—whether to persuade‚ entertain or inform. You can also conduct a rhetorical analysis of a primarily visual argument such as a cartoon or advertisement‚ or an oral performance such as a speech
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Skip to main content University Writing Center Texas A&M University Search Aggies helping Aggies write & speak well About Us Make an Appointment For Students Hours/Locations For Faculty W & C Courses Request an Event Contact Us For Consultants Log In Print version Rhetorical Analysis Rhetoric is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience. A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks a work of non-fiction
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Horace Miner Response Horace Miner’s essay "Body Ritual Among The Nacirema" is deeper then a clever critique of the absurdities of the American culture. Other then mocking the science of anthropology‚ Miner shows how an outsider would view America. This sight would not be much different from an American viewing an uncivilized village in the middle of the forest. Miner’s essay extensively proves that the culture of America is not very different then many other civilizations. The perspective
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have learned about (for example) anthropology as a discipline‚ its history‚ how it has changed‚ key individuals‚ key ideas and concepts; and draw from the key reading Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco. [2 essays x 30 points each = 60 points] Nacirema Definition: a satire on anthropological paper; based on behaviors and rituals of US citizens Source: readings Importance to Anth: allows readers to understand how degrees of perception matter for ethnographers Anthropology Definition: study
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Zack Hess 12/18/12 Period 1 Body Rituals of The Nacirema * Miner is really talking about the American people when he says Nacerima. He talks about them as if they are some weird tribe of humans who are hard to understand and extremely complex in their behaviors and rituals. When Miner talks about the “shrine” and how rich people have more of them he is really talking about mirrors. “Incarcerated in such a body‚ man’s only hope is to avert these characteristics through the use of ritual
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anthropology‚ but he did tell us this at first. He gave a sheet of paper that read “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”. As the group of people‚ I was sitting with and I read it‚ it was about a culture obsessed with rituals and the human body as a whole. They did many things that in America we would like were not “normal”. As we finish his told us who this culture was about‚ it was about modern American. Nacirema is American spelled backward. Once I read all of it again‚ I began to see the characteristics of
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While in the process of doing a replication study of the Nacireman people‚ Anthropologist Lisa Hines stumbled upon an intriguing subculture within the tribe. The following are her observations; It seems that the people of Nacirema‚ in addition to their personal shrines in the home‚ have many other shrines they visit for different rituals and purposes. Besides the Holy-mouth-man and the Medicine man‚ there seems to be other subcultures of these two specialists. Naciremans also frequently gather
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