How Did Horace Miner Felt When Entering The Nacirema
1 Grant Global Village Activity
Unit 2 Assignment 1 (Global Village) September 24, 2013
Global Village Activity I could only imagine how Horace Miner felt when entering the Nacirema village. At first glance he must have had culture shock when learning about the daily mouth cleansing and the temples where some enter and never return. I came to realize that western cultures share many of the same daily rituals just like the Nacirema. This non-material culture has many reglionist beliefs such has the use of witch doctors, medicine men, shrines and oddly enough the Nacirema woman bake their heads in oven. In evaluating the culture of the Nacirema we can break down each of the beliefs and compare them to …show more content…
This takes place in the shrine located in the home. Many in the USA, handle similar daily function in there shrines also called the bathroom. Mouth care is very important to both cultures. Nacirema place herbs in their mouth to provide care and freshness, western cultures enter there shrines and place a dab of tooth paste on a small brush and move it around the inside of the mouths. While they may seem different they are meant to accomplish the same purpose, keeping the mouth clean and free of Bactria. The use of medicine men, holy mouth men and herbalist in the Nacirema tribe is very interesting. The medicine men find the perfect diagnoses for the client and write down a prescription for the client and this is than filled by the herbalist. In the western culture this would be the job of the doctor and pharmacist. Holy mouth men are the ones, who remove the evils of the mouth and treat the client, visit from these holy mouth men are due twice a year. In Western culture these Holy mouth men would be known as dentist, these men handle different tools to extract cavities and any tooth decay. Many visit the dentist every six month or like the Nacirema twice a year. The temple or
Unit 2 Assignment 1 (Global Village) September 24, 2013
Global Village Activity I could only imagine how Horace Miner felt when entering the Nacirema village. At first glance he must have had culture shock when learning about the daily mouth cleansing and the temples where some enter and never return. I came to realize that western cultures share many of the same daily rituals just like the Nacirema. This non-material culture has many reglionist beliefs such has the use of witch doctors, medicine men, shrines and oddly enough the Nacirema woman bake their heads in oven. In evaluating the culture of the Nacirema we can break down each of the beliefs and compare them to …show more content…
This takes place in the shrine located in the home. Many in the USA, handle similar daily function in there shrines also called the bathroom. Mouth care is very important to both cultures. Nacirema place herbs in their mouth to provide care and freshness, western cultures enter there shrines and place a dab of tooth paste on a small brush and move it around the inside of the mouths. While they may seem different they are meant to accomplish the same purpose, keeping the mouth clean and free of Bactria. The use of medicine men, holy mouth men and herbalist in the Nacirema tribe is very interesting. The medicine men find the perfect diagnoses for the client and write down a prescription for the client and this is than filled by the herbalist. In the western culture this would be the job of the doctor and pharmacist. Holy mouth men are the ones, who remove the evils of the mouth and treat the client, visit from these holy mouth men are due twice a year. In Western culture these Holy mouth men would be known as dentist, these men handle different tools to extract cavities and any tooth decay. Many visit the dentist every six month or like the Nacirema twice a year. The temple or