emphasizes the feelings of the work people. The "lonely reception room‚ lavatory‚ switchboard" (5) and the "ritual of multigraph‚ paper slip‚ coma" (7) are the feelings that only people can feel. However‚ the rooms are lonely and ritual is endless. In actuality‚ the people who work in the reception room‚ lavatory‚ and switchboard rooms feel the loneliness of working everyday‚ doing the same "rituals" over and over. The "sadness of pencils‚ neat in their boxes" (1-2) gives the reader the impression of
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Body Ritual among the Nacirema Kim Wilson Ivy Tech Community College This article written by‚ Horace Miner‚ was my first read in where I was shocked to discover such barbaric rituals from other areas of life. I took the time to re-read this article several times. I have learned of many different cultures in where people do things that seem out of the ordinary; however the beliefs and practices of the Nacirema people just seem outlandish. According to‚ Professor Linton‚ who brought the
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General Anthropology Body Ritual Among the Nacirema ` In this article anthropologist‚ Horace Miner writes about the depiction of the North American group called the Nacirema‚ described by a Professor Linton in the early 1900s. The Nacirema people were characterised as being obsessed with rituals about the vanity of the human body. There is a description of a shrine with medicines and magical materials placed inside. A daily ritual that is described is “scraping and lacerating the surface of
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Burial Rituals of Native American Culture At some point in our lives‚ we all come to realize that death is a part of life. Cultural diversity provides a wide variety of lifestyles and traditions for each of the unique groups of people in our world. Within these different cultures‚ the rituals associated with death and burial can also be uniquely diverse. Many consider ritualistic traditions that differ from their own to be somewhat strange and often perceive them as unnatural. A prime example
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wonder of culture and ritual. Societies around the world use these phenomena to express their beliefs and establish a profound way of life. More often than not‚ it is these practices that education individuals and groups the truth behind their society. However‚ a culture and its rituals differentiate from the rest of the world. Many groups fail to understand the way in which other cultures function based the biased opinion of their own. Horace Miner‚ mastermind of the work‚ Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
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(1949: 71).[2] In this light‚ the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema present such unusual aspects that it seems desirable to describe them as an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go. Professor Linton [3] first brought the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention of anthropologists twenty years ago (1936: 326)‚ but the culture of this people is still very poorly understood. They are a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare
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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 importance of rituals in modern society Durkheim’s theories on ritual are an integral part of his work on religion‚ outlined in his book ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’. Rites are defined by Durkheim as ‘determined modes of action’ (Durkheim‚ 1915‚ pg. 36). They are ceremonies that are active expressions of particular beliefs or aspects of a religion. It is necessary to consider and assess the theories on religion before examining and assessing those on rites and ritual specifically. Durkheim
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Significance of Ritual in North American Indian Religion Submitted by: Dan Xxxxxxxx‚ November 12‚ 1996 Submitted to: Dr. John X. Xxxxxxx RELST 110.6.01 When scholars study religion‚ the tendency exists to focus on the mythological aspects of the religion in an attempt to understand the major underlying concepts present. However‚ an equally rewarding study often can be accomplished through the careful analysis of the religion ’s ritual aspects. This is especially true when studying North American
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Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Edward Hamilton Sociology Professor January 15‚ 2014 The “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ is an article that examines the various rituals that manifests within industrialized societies‚ specifically referencing to the United States. In the article Miner joked about the invasion of privacy and the obsession of becoming immortal. Miner provides gives outstanding evidence that the characteristics or an attitude of the human
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