Cultural Perspectives of Dress JOURNAL ENTRY CHAPTER 1 1.6 Body Ritual among the Nacirema Horace Miner‚ University of Michigan In the article‚ the author introduces us alleging that the anthropologist is familiar with so many different behaviors that it is hard to believe he can be shocked by some exotic culture. However‚ he specifies later that the piece is just about how far humans can reach regarding their demeanors and rites. Along the article‚ Miner describes the habits – I might just
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INTRODUCTION After reading Laura Bohannan’s Shakespeare in the Bush and Horace Miner’s Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ a common theme presents itself between the two articles. Ethnocentrism‚ particularly within the U.S.‚ is elucidated through the actions of Bohannan while in West Africa‚ and the reaction of any American reading Miner’s piece about the “magical” Nacirema culture. In Bohannan’s piece‚ she struggles to prove that Hamlet is a universal story that any culture can easily understand. She
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California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by
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The poem‚ “Lisa’s Ritual‚ Age 10” written by Grace C Kuhns takes us through the tasks and feelings of the young girl after she has experienced sexual abuse by her father. To what extent might the title refer not only to the physical ritual of cleansing but the psychological ritual of distancing her from the memories? This poem’s title refers slightly to the physical ritual’s she goes through to clean up. The author’s description of what Lisa does after cleaning up helps us imagine her in her safe
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Birth Ritual in Banjarmasin A tradition is belief or behavior within a group or society which has been exist for generations with certain procedures. Every region in this world has their own traditions. Moreover in Indonesia‚ which already known as a country with a millions cultures. Indonesia has so much traditions from Sabang to Merauke‚ among others : Funeral ceremony in Toraja‚ Debus1 in Banten‚ Karapan sapi2 in Madura‚ Pukul Sapu3 in Mamala‚and others. But‚ have you ever heard about
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article Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Minor uses key principles to help decipher the hidden meanings behind his work. The article is based off of Americans but written in a primitive manner to help show readers the importance of keeping an open mind. Cultural relativism is crucial when researching a new topic. This culture is different than others based on their obsession with physical appearance but it does not make them wrong. Also‚ the culture that practices different rituals has a different
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Miner’s article describes the Nacirema culture as one that pays special attention to economy‚ wealth‚ and body-focused rituals performed to keep oneself looking aesthetically pleasing‚ not unlike our own American culture. Found between Canada and Mexico‚ the people of the Nacirema tribe perform these rituals to keep death and disease at bay‚ while also improving the looks and social life of the worshipper. Common practices mentioned in the article include washing themselves with purified water‚ visiting
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There are many rituals in the Buddhist culture‚ but there was one that caught my attention. Death rituals are considered the most important ritual in the Buddhist culture. Many of the rituals are lost but many are still practiced today. When a person passes on‚ they would need to reach nirvana to continue their cycle of life. Concentrated in Cambodia‚ Laos‚ and Thailand‚ this derived Buddhist culture believes that a person might not have reached the intended enlightenment to carry on the cycle and
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The end of this sentence‚ “an object they had constructed which looked like a door-frame.”‚ demonstrates ibn Fadlan’s lack of familiarity with the Viking’s burial ritual and thus his desire to attribute familiar characteristics to it. Because he is not familiar with the structure‚ he is only able to vaguely illustrate it in his writing‚ in which he initially describes it as “an object”. He further develops the image of this object by qualifying it as being “constructed” by the Vikings and that it
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INDEX Preface .............................................................................................................................. 3 How I came to write this book ......................................................................................... 5 An introduction to this book............................................................................................ 7 A Reality Check ................................................................................................
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