Miner: American Vs. Nacirema Horace Miner expresses both irony and ridicule towards the American culture in his article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”. He uses a sociological approach that is rather witty‚ using a fictitious North American group called the “Nacirema”. The views of this culture are much like our own‚ depicting the importance of societal status‚ wealth‚ health and appearance. Miner introduces the readers to a society living between Canada and Mexico‚ originated by a founder called
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In ‘Patterns of Culture’‚ Ruth Benedict wrote‚ “Morality differs in every society‚ and is a convenient term for socially approved habits.” Cultural relativists have claimed the following; (1) different societies have different moral codes. (2) The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society. (3) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society’s code as better than another’s. (4) The moral code of our own society has no special status. And (5)‚ It is arrogant
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mixed with suet‚ oats‚ onions‚ herbs‚ and spices‚ then stuffed into a sheep’s stomach. There is birds nest soup‚ fried tarantulas‚ puffer fish‚ casu marzu‚ and many more culturally diverse food delicacies in the world‚ and depending on where your cultural stands you might just say that you would never eat something like that if it was the last thing on earth (Brewood‚ 2009). Due to differences in our demographics economic struggles and geological location there is a clear concise difference in the
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new culture. One thing that the Westerners introduced to the tribe was some of the Western Material Culture. Material Culture refers to tangible objects as an item that have been manufactured‚ invented‚ created or borrowed within a particular cultural setting. The presence of the video camera was a shock to the Toulambis as they simply stared at the lens as the person was filming. The photography camera‚ mirror and the voice recorder were also examples of the introduction of Western Material Culture
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personality‚ personality is obtained thru culture and not biology. His theory called Cultural Relativism gives a comprehensive understanding of the underlying relationship between culture and personality. Boas’ student Ruth Benedict expounded the research on the effect of culture to personality through studying cultural various patterns and themes. Although she admitted that the global cultural diffusion has made the cultural patterns of civilized societies are difficult to trace‚ primitive societies located
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diversity‚ on the contrary‚ is the basis for relativism and tolerance; when you are forced to face and accept the other as real‚ unavoidable‚ and ultimately valuable‚ you cannot help but see yourself and your ’truths ’ in a new - and trouble - way.” To judge another culture based solely on the standards and/or values opposing to your own is a very complicated way of life. As far back as history dates‚ diverse societies have shunned
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framework of conflict and division? How can the acquisition of self-knowledge‚ and awareness of our spiritual nature‚ be promoted in ways that contribute to the equality of women and men? How can we move beyond the impasse of cultural relativism in our efforts to establish the equality between women and men? How can we transform economic structures and processes so that they are conducive to justice and equality among all – including women and men? How can we reconceptualize
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Ethnocentrism & Ritualistic Behavior in the Nacirema Culture Ethnocentrism is defined as a belief that one’s own culture is superior. This article uses metaphors’ to describe our own well to do American society. As we read the article we automatically judge and think that the Nacirema’s are barbaric people who seem very uneducated and masochistic‚ when in fact we follow the same practices. As we read this article‚ we see the Nacirema as a masochistic culture which gave their possessions for
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Richard Lee demonstrates many more concepts in sociology. In the article Lee is doing fieldwork in the Kalahari desert observing the hunting and gathering practices among the !Kung (Ju/’hoansi). Lee experiences many times of cultural misunderstandings related to naïve realism‚ cultural shock‚ and also not fully understanding what is culturally and ethically appropriate. He learns a very valuable lesson when‚ in his eyes‚ has a perfect idea for an appreciation gift to the Ju‚ because of their incredible
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Ethnocentrism refers to the idea that one believes that their ethnic group is superior to other groups. Cultural relativism is the belief that all cultures are worthy and of equal value. WIth this in mind‚ history plays a role in the development of medical philosophy. Changes in medical practices are result from an understanding of a specific practice to be unethical
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