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Body Ritual Among the Nacirema By Horace Miner 1 Most cultures exhibit a particular configuration or style. A single value or pattern of perceiving the world often leaves its stamp on several institutions in the society. Examples are “machismo” in Spanish-influenced cultures, “face” in Japanese culture, and “pollution by females” in some highland New Guinea cultures. Here Horace Miner demonstrates that “attitudes about the body” have a pervasive influence on many institutions in Nacirema society. ________________________________________ The anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways in which different people behave in similar situations that he is not apt to be sur…
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