Moxa Patel Nacirema Case Paper Managing Global Diversity – HRM 582 June 2‚ 2013 The Nacirema case study reminds us how cultural rituals were many years ago and how some of them are still existing today. The Nacirema tribe has many unconventional practices of how they live day to day. From the article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚” it is clear that they believe their bodies are not attractive and should not be presented in a promiscuous way. Professor Linton documented the North American
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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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may include low self-esteem to resorting to eating disorders. Body image is also very important among teens these days. The pressure of trying to attain the “ideal” image is detrimental to some. Body image is commonly defined as “the degree of satisfaction with one’s current physical self—size‚ shape‚ or physical appearance” (Jones‚ 2001‚ p.1). Many studies have shown that adolescents‚ especially females‚ place great emphasis on body image due to social comparison. The finding has been that females
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individuals as part of a different culture might seem harsh‚ cruel or even barbaric. After my first read of "Body Ritual among the Nacirema"‚ that is how I perceived their daily way of life. They believe in magic potions‚ seeking pain from the “holy – mouth – men” a couple of times a year‚ and the men and women perform acts that seem to contradict one another by trying to obtain abnormal body shapes‚ and then the men cut their face daily and the women “bake their heads in small ovens for about an hour”
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The original use of the term was in Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ which satirizes anthropological papers on "other" cultures‚ and the culture of the United States. Horace Miner wrote the paper and originally published it in the June 1956 edition of American Anthropologist. In the paper‚ Miner describes the Nacirema‚ a little-known tribe living in North America. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs distances readers from the fact that the North American
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After reading the article‚ I conclude the author is trying to teach or inform us about the Nacirema tribe and their way of life. By writing about their civilization the reader can learn how they live through rituals and what they practice. Miner discusses about Nacirema’s exotic customs‚ ritual activities‚ the shrine‚ their magical practitioners‚ oral care‚ harsh physical ceremonies‚ witchdoctors‚ breast rituals‚ thoughts on intercourse‚ and magical power. Once I read about these aforementioned topics
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Comparing the Nacirema culture to what I know to be considered "normal" from living in the United States my entire life gives you a whole new aspect of thinking towards why others act and feel the way that they do. One comparable thing is that everyone‚ no matter your culture or who you are‚ has a focus of concern towards their own appearance and health. The Nacirema culture is different in this aspect by the way they go about their concerns of their appearance and health‚ which I am sure the majority
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Many of the practices Miner mentions in the article aren’t really strange to the Nacirema culture. But an outsider views the practices as odd. For example‚ Miner mentions about a shrine box‚ which translate to a medicine cabinet being strange to the outsider. The charms and magical potions in the shrine box being the medicine needed cure the ills and maladies of an individual. Medicine had a purpose of curing those maladies for many with similar ills. But the outsider views pulling out these magical
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1. Do you think you would enjoy a vacation in the land of the Nacirema? Why or why not? Where do the Nacirema live? Nacirema have different beliefs than I do. They believe you body is ugly and it is a vessel for disease and debility. This belief is not something I chose to believe. I believe we should all love our bodies. There are ways to prevent sickness and weakness outside conditions does these things to the body. The body does not function just for weakness and disease. I would not want to
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After realizing “Nacirema” is American spelled backwards‚ it becomes evident that Miner is criticizing American culture. He describes the “tribes” behavior with a focus on changing personal appearance and magic-based rituals. Everybody goes to the “Latipso” to see “medicine-men” when they are sick and often are given potions or end up dead. This is like a looking glass into American culture. In our culture‚ there is a huge focus on physical features‚ but we don’t pray to fix it. Instead we take vitamins
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