Elise Murray Analysis of the Nacirema Sociology 101 04D Ivy Tech Community College Abstract The analysis of the 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
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In the story‚ “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”‚ by Horace Miner he talks about the Nacirema tribe and describes the body rituals that their society does on a regular basis that they view as the norm in their society and culture. While reading about these strange and unusual rituals‚ one can’t help but think that what these people are doing is totally and completely ridiculous. Ethnocentrism comes over and judgment takes place‚ but in reality some could view our American culture as just and crazy
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from https://content.ashford.edu Larson‚ S.‚ & Martin‚ L. (2012). Risk Taking and Rites of Passage. Reclaiming Children & Youth‚ 20‚ 37-43. Retrieved from ESCBCOhost Database https://content.ashford.edu Miner‚ H. (1956). Body Rituals among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist‚ 58‚ (3)‚ 503-507 Retrieved from https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html Tsuji‚ Y. (2011). Rites of passage to death and afterlife in Japan. Generations‚ 35‚ (3)‚ 28-33. Retrieved from the ESBCOhost Database
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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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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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Heidi O’Dell ANTH 1023 Semester 1 David Otten Anthropological Fieldwork Reducing Ethnocentrism Anthropological fieldwork is when an anthropologist spends an extended length of time living with a specific group of people and studying their culture. During this period‚ the anthropologist will engage themselves in the lives and daily practices of the natives of whichever culture they are studying(Koziol 2015). In comparison to fieldwork in other disciplines such as journalism‚ anthropological fieldwork
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