The rituals of the Nacirema To most of us‚ hospitals are a place to help you when you’re in need or want to get healthy. But for the Nacirema‚ it’s quite the opposite. According to the Nacirema ritual article‚ they call hospitals a latipso‚ which is hospital spelt backwards without the ‘H’. They discuss and caricature the repulsive viewings on what they think goes on in hospitals (latipso’s)‚ or what they think they do. I will now tell you how in Miner’s perspective‚ the body is ugly and how
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The Nacirema people‚ living in the territory between the Canadian Creed‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico‚ and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles‚ are a group of Northern Americans who have chosen to live their lives in a strange manner. There is a main premise to their choice 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
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"Body Rituals among the Nacirema" is a document written by Mr. Horace Miner. Miner was a graduate of the University of Chicago‚ with a degree in anthropology. Throughout his life‚ Miner was dedicated to his studies ranging in anthropology to sociology. He was very interested in the study of anthropology‚ but Miner disagreed with the way that other cultures were represented. He thought American anthropologists believed that the American culture was "normal" and‚ that the other studied cultures
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The mysterious man! This was the strangest day of my life. There I was‚ calmly brushing my teeth‚ when I realized the face in the mirror wasn’t mine. I shrieked in abrupt shock‚ as I turned around the indistinct figure surprisingly vanished. All I could see was the dark misted window beside me. ‘Who was it?’ I ran out the nearby door‚ to see if I could catch the man in action. I was looking around‚ where could he of gone? I stumbled back inside frightened of what could show up. I strolled into
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the Nacirema” by Horace Miner discusses the ritual practice of Nacirema people‚ which is an ethnic group of people in America. In freshman year‚ I had a chance to take freshman seminar class about religion‚ so I know that even in one religion they have various way of ritual practice. The ritual practices are usually formed very early in the acient period of time‚ so most of them are unreasonable and superstitious. It is very interesting to read an article about the ritual practice of Nacirema people
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The Mysterious Banana Included in many literary works are objects‚ which may seem meaningless‚ contributing to the theme of the work. In Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”‚ a dramatic work which falls into the category of Theatre of the Absurd‚ the banana is a discreet object which eludes to the meaning behind why Krapp chose that particular event to listen to while recording his last diary tape. Sigmund Freud’s theory of wish fulfillment suggests that a banana represents repressed sexuality which
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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 examples of many topics presented in Sociology and people’s
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The Nacirema are a culture of vast ethnic diversity‚ yet the majority still share numerous similarities despite their unique trace origins. In the Nacirema culture there are many conventional values that most individuals try to adhere to‚ albeit the varying degrees of adherence due to their unique sub-cultures. The most prominent values are: treating all adult(18yrs) individuals equally with regards to making decisions about their leaders and allowing individuals to follow their own spiritual beliefs
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The Nacirema Study and the Priorities of the Modern American When a person visits a museum or watches a documentary to learn about an unfamiliar culture‚ particularly distant cultures‚ often the information has been gathered and studied by an anthropologist. As defined by Merriam-Webster‚ anthropology is the study of humankind‚ their culture and how they react with their environment (Anthropology‚ n.d.). In Horace Miner’s essay about the Nacirema people‚ he observes a culture who is on the extreme
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A Mysterious Bracelet It was a cold and gloomy Saturday evening. The clouds were a deep shade of grey and the sky looked like it was about to release a bucket load of rain. On the horizon‚ lightning flashed‚ and a moment later a soft rain began to fall. The trees lining the path‚ heavy with leaves‚ rustled in the breeze as thunder echoed. As I watched‚ the rain intensified into a steady downpour‚ falling diagonally from the sky. Thunder exploded overhead‚ and the rain began coming down in sheets
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