behaviors regarding physical appearance and health without any insight or knowledge of the specific beliefs or values of that culture‚ they might seem bizarre and even incomprehensible. By showing behaviors and “rituals” performed by this unknown tribe‚ Miner allowed others to see that the way studies were representing distinctive cultures was narrowminded and defective. Without the proper comprehension of the basis of any society‚ huge cultural misunderstandings could occur. Of course‚ in Miner’s article
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Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Assignment Name Community College BODY RITUAL AMONG THE NACIREMA ASSIGNMENT 2 Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Assignment “Body Ritual among the Nacirema" is a paper written by Horace Miner that illustrates American culture in a very different way than most American’s would view it. While it describes many areas of the American lifestyle‚ it is written to manipulate the reader into thinking that they are reading about an uncivilized
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Cultures‚ Belief and Behaviors. In review of the article by Horace Miners “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” I would evaluate this culture’s belief and behaviors provides a direct evident that the attitudes or characteristics of human body has an extensive influence on variety of institutions in Nasiriya society. Throughout the reading‚ he provides the reader an understanding perspective of the American rituals from a different point of view. The key word that is emphasized is the word ritual and
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Bibliography: Ortiz-Cofer‚ Judith (2004). The Myth of the Latin Woman: "I just met a girl named Maria." In Winters‚ Paul and Schneider‚ James (Fourth Edition). Frame and Focus. (p.p. 25 – 28). Washington‚ DC: Person Custom Publishing. Miner‚ Horace (1964; 2004). Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. In Winters‚ Paul and Schneider‚ James (Fourth Edition). Frame and Focus. (p.p. 31 – 35). Washington‚ DC: Person Custom Publishing.
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kdrysch January 23‚ 2014 Writing Assignment 1 Horace Miner’s article “The Body Ritual” accurately depicts the obsession the United States has with self-image‚ while disguising Americans as a tribe called the Nacirema. The article shows how someone outside of the United States could potentially view America’s culture as strange with all of our rituals and self-obsession. “The Body Ritual” can provide
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in the ways they go about their daily lives‚ but after reading the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ it got me to question; What type of society are we making out our culture to be? Often people look at different cultures as primitive and contradictory through the eyes of ethnocentrism‚ and after reading this article over and over again‚ it hit me that Horace Miner was explaining the American culture using character substitution‚ to depict how we live our lives today. We‚
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of lifestyle and that is to rid the body of its ugliness and natural tendencies towards debility and disease. (p. 503). The Nacirema people have devoted their lives to deterring these features of themselves through ritual and ceremony. (p. 503). Horace Miner gives an explicit description of these people’s diverse way of living‚ as well as‚ an unbiased viewpoint of the culture of the Nacirema. Personally‚ I have heard of these ‘people’ before; I use air quotes because I am simply unsure what to believe
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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‚ bewitched‚ and mythology gave it away. Miner portrays Americans as a tribe that go
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I think Horace Miner was trying to prove the because of these eccentric and rather “odd” customs that ancient people have‚ like the Nacirema‚ that man would not have advanced or evolved to how we are today because we would not have had somewhere to change
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Among the Nacirema‚ “ by Horace Miner‚ is an essay written about the Nacirema‚ or American people‚ from an outsider’s perspective. Miner gives an insight on the Nacireman people‚ which he describes in his essay as an unknown tribe‚ and the completing of the Nacireman’s magical beliefs and practices‚ which involve daily‚ involuntary body rituals that cause much pain and discomfort. Miner shows how an outsider’s perspective can affect the way a culture is seen. In his essay‚ Miner uses a tone that is
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