Read Miner, Horace. 1956. Body RitualAmongtheNacirema. American Anthropologist 58 (3) at https://www.jstor.org/stable/665280?seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents or at https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf
Then answer the following questions:
- Who are theNacirema?
- What are the ritual centers that are found in all their houses?
- What do you think Horace Miner was trying to say in this article?
- Is the article an emic or an etic description of Nacirema culture? Explain why?
Do you think there is some truth to the following statements?
- TheNaciremabelieve that the human body is so ugly that enormous amounts of time and money must be spent trying to overcome that?
- That theNaciremaare masochistic?
- That theNaciremaare very superstitious people who believe inmagic?
- That theNaciremaengage in practices that might seem very strange to others?
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