Body Ritual among the Nacirema

dc.contributor.authorMiner, Horace
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:39Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:39Z
dc.date.issued1956
dc.description.abstractTHE anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways in which different peoples behave in similar situations that he is not apt to be surprised by even the most exotic customs. In fact, if all of thelogically possible combinations of behavior have not been found somewhere in the world, he is apt to suspect that they must be present in some yet undescribed tribe. This point has, in fact, been expressed with respect to clan organization by Murdock (1949: 71). In this light, the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema present such unusual aspects that it seems desirable to describe them as an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go. Professor Linton first brought the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention of anthropologists twenty years ago (1936:326), but the culture of this people is still very poorly understood. T h w r e a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Little is known of their origin, although tradition states that they came from the east.
dc.description.urihttps://msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vnkp-rkbz
dc.identifier.citationMiner, Horace (1956) Body Ritual among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist, 58 (3). pp. 503-507.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 850
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22824
dc.subjectTeaching
dc.subjectInstructional Tools & Models
dc.subjectBody Ritual
dc.subjectanthropologist
dc.subjectmagical beliefs
dc.subjectNorth American group
dc.subjectritual and ceremony
dc.titleBody Ritual among the Nacirema
dc.typeArticle

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