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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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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Miner: American Vs. Nacirema Horace Miner expresses both irony and ridicule towards the American culture in his article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”. He uses a sociological approach that is rather witty‚ using a fictitious North American group called the “Nacirema”. The views of this culture are much like our own‚ depicting the importance of societal status‚ wealth‚ health and appearance. Miner introduces the readers to a society living between Canada and Mexico‚ originated by a founder called
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Anthropology Paper - Module 1 In 1956 a professor from the University of Michigan‚ Horace Miner‚ wrote an article in The American Anthropologist that has become a mainstay of learning for anthropology students. Miner published the article to show a fictional exotic society called “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” as an example of how one’s own limited perspective might affect the perception of a foreign culture (Miner‚ 1956‚ p. 503). The article uses subtle humor to make the reader more comfortable
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