The Nacirema are described as a peculiar and exotic tribe with complex rituals and extreme focus on bodily cleanliness. The Miner describes their daily routines and practices in a way that highlights how cultural norms and behaviors can seem strange when viewed from an outside perspective.
Nacirema is American spelled backwards. The Nacirema article is talking American culture and putting it an outside perspective.
the nacirema culture is a culture that is a culture.(Ha WEIRD mee)
Nacirema Club was created in 1920.
Is Miner's description of American culture outrageous
Nacirema is simply American spelled backward.
just as interesting and worthy of study as any other
just as interesting and worthy of study as any other
The Nacirema people are Americans. In the article " Body Ritual Among The Nacirema ", By: Horace Miner, he explains how what we do as Americans is different when someone puts it in a way that other people may think seem strange.
I have to read the 'Body Ritual Nacirema' in my anthropology class, and wrote a brief summary about the article. Is it okay to compare it with American customs?
It is the Nacirema ritual of brushing your teeth.
Nacirema is American spelt backwards. "Body rituals of the Nacerima," was written by Anthropologist Horace Miner to show how different cultures can appear strange if they are not understood. This was a satirical work done in the 1950's about the current American society. Everything listed is what American's do everyday.
Horace Miner