Article 1: Body Ritual among the Nacirema The narrator writes about the strange rituals that people from the Nacirema tribe performs. After reading the article‚ you understand that the Nacirema tribe represents the American people. Another way you can tell that the Nacirema tribe is about the American people is because “Nacirema” is actually America backwards. The narrator uses many different references to explain our everyday doings as rituals. Some of the references in which he put were Medicine
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Clifford 2005[1997]:207 Clifford de Certeau 2009[1990]:171 1 2 James Clifford Anthropological Locations 1997 6 Lévi-Strauss Lévi-Strauss Lévi-Strauss 1950 Lévi-Strauss Lévi-Strauss James Boon 1982 Horace Miner American Nacirema … 1956:505 Renato Rosaldo 1993 Rosaldo Lévi-Strauss Malinowski 1991 Malinowski Rosaldo 1986 7 E.Evants-Pritchard Foucault being there Clifford Geertz being there 1988:4 : � �being there �ibid.:4-5 — de Certeau de
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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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Two values present in this story are determination and honesty. Danny shows determination when Ross Pickett‚ his father‚ wants to make Red a varmint dog. However‚ Danny had just talked to Mr. Haggins‚ Red’s owner‚ about dog shows. Danny learns that if a competitor wins‚ it is one mark that proves to the first owner of an Irish setter that they succeeded. This puts Danny to thinking about dog shows‚ Irish setters‚ and mainly Red. He feels that Red was born and made to be a partridge dog and he should
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author and poet. Most of his stories were mysterious‚ contained horror and suspense. Today‚ no one knows actually knows of how he died. There are multiple theories about his death. By 1845‚ Poe’s family was living in New York City‚ where the writer was working at the New York Evening Mirror The magazine published a long poem by Poe‚ entitled The Raven (Shmoop). When The Raven was published Poe was at the peak in his peak. After The Raven‚ Poe just went
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s University of---- Faculty of Arts and Humanities Stonehenge Seminar paper Mostar‚ January 2007. STONEHENGE [title] Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious and famous archaeological sites in the world. It was built on Salisbury Plain some time between 3050 and 2300 BC. How it was built? What is its purpose? -these are questions on which no one has a right answer. Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the Britain
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article‚ “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ the author’s purpose is revealed through judgemental and magical word choice. The author’s purpose is shown through his judgmental word choice. For example‚ to describe going to the dentist he uses the words‚ “ritual torture”‚ “augers‚ awls‚ probes and prods” and “gouge.” All of the words that Horace Miner used to describe going to the dentist sound negative and foul. The words make people judge the Nacirema for doing these ill sounding “rituals”
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Ethics Game Dilemma John Knowles ETH/316 July 30‚2012 Rhonda Lawrence Ethics Game Dilemma The following paper will reveal the ethical issues involved in the simulation of The Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet. The author will also reveal the ethical decision making steps in addressing the issue along with the ethical lenses utilized to influence the decisions. Issues The first issue was to determine the actions moving forward when dealing with confidentiality. The second issue was the reporting
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Walsh‚ John Evangelist‚ Midnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe‚ New Brunswick‚ NJ: Rutgers University Press‚ 1998. (Although it claims to “definitively untangle more than a century of speculation” about Poe’s death‚ this book is little more than a rehashing of the usual information
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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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