Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema By Horace Miner

      The Anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways in which different people behave in similar situations that he is not surprised by even the most exotic ones. The Nacirema presents unusual aspects that may see, different to describe them as examples of the extremes to which human behavior can go. Professor Linton first bought about the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention of anthropologist 20 years ago. The Nacirema are the North American groups living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, Yaqui,and Tarahumare of Mexico and Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Nacirema culture was highly developed which involved in a rich natural habit. There beliefs were deeply in the perspective that the human body is prune to sickness and dis figuration.

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