Brenda Crowder Sociology Essay The article “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema” was written by Horace Miner in 1956. His purpose of the article was to describe Naciremas ways of living and how other cultures might view these rituals as weird or unusual but only because its not the way they are used to living. This article gave me quite a shocked when I realized that “Nacirema” is American spelled backwards and it was referring to Americans culture. I was surprised when I found out who the Nacirema people were because they seem like bad people and as if there ways of living were cruel and unheard of. I guess this was Miners way of expressing how other cultures look and think of Americans.
One of the things that I thought fascinating was the fact that they too have a man in their society known as the medicine man which we know about from our history of the Native American Indians and their practices of having a medicine man that was responsible for the health and healing of the people of their tribes. In this case the medicine man of the Nacirema was responsible for carrying out the preparations of the of the charms and magical potions that are kept in a box in the shrine which is the focal point of the shrine and the most important thing in these people’s culture who feel they cannot live
Patients expect quality care when obtaining services from the clinic. Staffing a small clinic can be a very tedious task because the pay is not always the best and the task of dealing the tribal council and their policies can often be frustrating. Some staff members work with a contract, which help both the staff member and the council by giving automatic instructions on employee’s expected treatment. By keeping staff members happy, in turns gives a certain morale boost to the clinic ensuring quality care. Unhappy employees most often leads to poor service and rude employees, developing a trickle down effect to patients who could affect business by word of mouth.
Body ritual among the Nacirema After reading the required reading "Body Ritual among the Nacrirema" I was surprised and yet disgusted that people actually went through such extremes measures to preserve and care for their bodies. The Nacirema tribe is described by anthropologist Horace Miner, as an old primitive tribe residing in North America with savage and barbaric Practices and rituals. Minor gives plenty of examples that would make the Nacirema tribe seem over obsessive and even animalistic. Minor describes the Nacrirema tribe as performing a special body ritual called the "mouth rite" which is basically the gruesome pulling of teeth, only to put " a special medicine" inside so that it cold fill holes in their mouths. Another example the author describes, is the ritual of certain medicine men who have a temple.
Sociology 9/13/13 My Analysis of “Body Ritual Among The Nacirema” Horace Miner writes about the bizarre tribal practices of the Nacirema in “Body Ritual Among The Nacirema.” While reading through his report it becomes ever more aware that he is inadvertently speaking abut the American people. Nacirema is American spelled backwards. Miner takes things we do in our every day lives that are accepted by society, and turns them around and calls the rituals. These rituals are talked about in such a way that makes the reader think the Nacirema people are crazy, almost making the foreigners seam animalistic. When in real life they were doing things such as going to the doctor and getting there teeth cleaned.
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The Nacirema pray daily through a private shrine in there house to, what seems to me cleanse and prevent, what to them lurks and breeds in our body.It is believed by the people that there is magical forces possessed in a chest in the shrine. These forces magic is supplied through text by a medicine man who holds very high stature among the Nacirema. One part of the body that is seen to be especially unholy is the mouth. One major part of the cleansing of the mouth is done once or twice a year by the "holy mouth men." This is where the man uses exotic instruments to open holes larger in decaying teeth or even healthy teeth.
There are also some problems with uniformity of procedures and some employees are bending the rules. We didn’t get to interview some of the other employees but there might also be a problem with employees knowing the security policies. There are also procedures that would make the area more secure but they aren’t always being followed and they processes have devolved into a hit or miss accounting of who is taking what and when. The vehicle yard was a potentially high risk area but they have implemented some good physical security measures to alleviate some of the problems. The security guard at the vehicle yard appeared well trained and offered helpful and honest
Abstract When the European explorers crossed the lands of North America they encountered native tribes of people who had customs, rituals, and traditions that defied their sense of security. One of these Indian customs was the role of the Berdache. The Europeans believed that a Berdache was simply a homosexual man who dressed as a woman when in fact, a Berdache was a highly revered member of the tribes who had them and their role was a complex one. This paper will show that the Europeans were entirely mistaken in their assumptions and ideas that they formed regarding the Berdache and because of their mistakes persecuted a group of people that they believed to be immoral deviants. Native American Berdache Confusion among European Explorers When the European explorers began to explore North America, they encountered and studied the indigenous people.
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